Silversun Pickups premiere video for ‘The Wreckage’ single

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM

Silversun Pickups have premiered the video for "The Wreckage," the lead single off the band's upcoming album, Tenterhooks. The clip, which is available on YouTube, follows a woman whose body has been taken over by an alien. "This song, 'The Wreckage,' inspired me at a [...]

Silversun Pickups have premiered the video for "The Wreckage," the lead single off the band's upcoming album, Tenterhooks.

The clip, which is available on YouTube, follows a woman whose body has been taken over by an alien.

"This song, 'The Wreckage,' inspired me at a time I'd been thinking about this post I'd seen, with the question, 'If men weren't around, who would protect you?' With a woman quickly countering, 'Protect us from what?"" says director Suzie Vlček. "So I wrote about an alien joyride. This thing inside her knows nothing about being a human woman."

"It's about expectations, rules, being seen, being ignored...in an accelerated lifespan...or a 5 minute SSPU song," Vlček continues. "Or as my son said, 'It's female gaze meets Venom.""

In between all that, keep an eye out for a cameo from Jack Black.

Tenterhooks, the seventh SSPU album, drops Feb. 6. It's the follow-up to 2022's Physical Thrills.

Silversun Pickups will launch a U.S. tour in February.

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