Carnavas

The CD cover for Carnavas is a slightly edited partial image of artist Darren Waterston's 2004 painting entitled Summit. The inlay, also featured on the Silversun Pickups' website and Myspace page, is titled "Becoming Tree".

The song "Rusted Wheel" was used during the end credits roll of the film Puncture. The song "Well Thought Out Twinkles" is featured on the soundtrack of the skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Proving Ground on top of being downloadable content for the games Rock Band and Rock Band 2 along with "Melatonin".

Similarly, "Lazy Eye" is a playable song in both Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour. The song is also featured on the Forza Horizon soundtrack, on the "Horizon Rocks" station {{Cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/wikis/forza-horizon/Soundtrack|title = Soundtrack - Forza Horizon Wiki Guide|website=IGN|accessdate=November 12, 2021}} and also featured in television advertising for New World supermarkets in New Zealand. The band has performed "Lazy Eye" on the Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Later With Jools Holland, and Last Call with Carson Daly.

The music video for "Lazy Eye" received airplay on MTV, MTV2, MTVU, VH1, Fuse, MuchMusic, MTV (Latin America), International Music Feed and many other international broadcast outlets. The popularity of the "Lazy Eye" music video led to the creation of a VH1 "Pop-Up Video" version{{cite web |title=VH1 Pop Up Video (2011) collection |url=https://archive.org/details/PopUpVideo2011/Silversun+Pickups+-+Lazy+Eye.flv |website=Archive.org |access-date=November 12, 2021}} and it was among the MTV2 Subterranean "Viewers Top 20 Music Videos of 2007" list.{{Cite web|url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2007/12/news-mtv2-subterranean-top-20-videos.html|title = NEWS: MTV2 Subterranean Top 20 Videos|website = VideoStatic| date=14 May 2010 }}

{{Track listing

| headline = Carnavas track listing

| all_writing = Silversun Pickups (Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger, Joe Lester, Christopher Guanlao)

| title1 = Melatonin

| length1 = 4:04

| title2 = Well Thought Out Twinkles

| length2 = 4:02

| title3 = Checkered Floor

| length3 = 4:51

| title4 = Little Lover's So Polite

| length4 = 4:58

| title5 = Future Foe Scenarios

| length5 = 5:20

| title6 = Waste It On

| length6 = 4:13

| title7 = Lazy Eye

| length7 = 5:54

| title8 = Rusted Wheel

| length8 = 6:00

| title9 = Dream at Tempo 119

| length9 = 4:51

| title10 = Three Seed

| length10 = 5:40

| title11 = Common Reactor

| length11 = 6:01

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Vinyl bonus track

| title1 = Mercury

| length1 = 5:38

| title2 = Table Scraps

| length2 = 6:18

| total_length = 11:56

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side A

| total_length = 17:55

| title1 = Melatonin

| length1 = 4:04

| title2 = Well Thought Out Twinkles

| length2 = 4:02

| title3 = Checkered Floor

| length3 = 4:51

| title4 = Little Lover's So Polite

| length4 = 4:58

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side B

| total_length = 15:27

| title5 = Future Foe Scenarios

| length5 = 5:20

| title6 = Waste It On

| length6 = 4:13

| title7 = Lazy Eye

| length7 = 5:54

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side C

| total_length = 10:51

| title8 = Rusted Wheel

| length8 = 6:00

| title9 = Dream at Tempo 119

| length9 = 4:51

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side D

| total_length = 11:41

| title10 = Three Seed

| length10 = 5:40

| title11 = Common Reactor

| length11 = 6:01

}}

The 2 bonus tracks come on a 7" in some vinyl editions of the album, along with a card to download both the tracks online.

• Brian Aubert – guitar/vocals
• Nikki Monninger – bass/backing vocals
• Christopher Guanlao – drums
• Joe Lester – keyboards
• Dave Cooley – producer
• Tom Biller – engineer
• Tony Hoffer – mixing

{{Infobox concert

| concert_tour_name = Carnavas Tour

| image =

| album = Carnavas

| artist = Silversun Pickups

| type = Concert

| locations =

| start_date = July 6, 2006

| end_date = September 28, 2008

| number_of_legs = [N/A]

| number_of_shows = 226 shows

}}

The Carnavas Tour, the first ever major Silversun Pickups tour, kicked off on July 6, 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/search?artist=23d6445f&page=23&query=tour:(Carnavas)|title=Search for setlists: tour:(Carnavas) (page 23) | setlist.fm|website=www.setlist.fm}}

Only around 50 shows have known setlists out of the 226 shows as of October 1, 2022.

{{cite web | url=https://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/silversun-pickups-23d6445f.html?tour=13d4b5d1 | title=Silversun Pickups Average Setlists of tour: Carnavas | setlist.fm | website=setlist.fm }}

1. "Well Thought Out Twinkles"
2. "Dream at Tempo 119"
3. "Rusted Wheel"
4. "Little Lover's So Polite"
5. "Future Foe Scenarios"
6. "Kissing Families"
7. "Lazy Eye"
8. "Common Reactor"

{{cite web | url=https://www.setlist.fm/stats/silversun-pickups-23d6445f.html?tour=13d4b5d1 | title=Silversun Pickups Tour Statistics: Carnavas | setlist.fm | website=setlist.fm }}

list does not include cover songs

• "The Royal We" (played on 28 September 2008)
• "Panic Switch" (played on 24 March 2007, 7, 28 September 2008)
• "There's No Secrets This Year" (played on 24 March 2007)
• "Booksmart Devil" (played on 15 September 2007)
• "Checkered Floor" (played on 24 March 2007, 19, 20 October 2007)
• "...All the Go Inbetweens" (played on 13 August 2006, 12 April 2007, 8, 10 May 2007, 29 June 2007, 27 July 2007, 15 September 2007, 19, 20 October 2007, 17 November 2007)
• "Melatonin" (occasionally played from July 2006 to November 2007)
• "Comeback Kid" (played on 13 August 2006, 14 November 2006, occasionally played from April to November 2007, played on 29 March 2008)
• "Waste It On" (played on 29 July 2006, 14 November 2006, occasionally played from April to November 2007)
• "Three Seed" (occasionally played from April to November 2007)

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