On April 14, 2009, “Dangerbird” label released “Swoon”, the second Silversun Pickups album. It was recorded July 2008 – February 2009, at “Sunset Sound”, “Sound Factory” and “Paramount Studios”, and was produced by Dave Cooley. The album cover uses the artwork “St. Clair”; the inside packing features pieces “Disembodiment” and “Reverberations”, all paintings from the collection entitled “The Flowering”, by Darren Waterston.
Personnel:
- Brian Aubert – vocals, guitar
- Joe Lester – keyboards
- Nikki Monninger – vocals, bass
- Chris Guanlao – drums
- Will Canzoneri – string arrangements
- Steven Rhodes, Kristen Riley, Jason Gossman – engineer
- Tony Hoffer, Jason Gossman – mixing
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Sara Cumings – layout
- Steve Gullick – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger, Chris Guaniao and Joe Lester.
- There’s No Secrets This Year
- The Royal We
- Growing Old Is Getting Old
- It’s Nice to Know You Work Alone
- Panic Switch
- Draining
- Sort Of
- Substitution
- Catch and Release
- Surrounded (or Spiraling)
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