Bassist Nikki Monninger Talks New Album, Working With Butch Vig, Upcoming Houston Performance

Last June, Los Angeles rockers Silversun Pickups released their fifth studio album, Widow’s Weeds. Sonically, the record picked up where 2015’s Better Nature left off; lyrically, it gave listeners a deeper look into some of the group’s most personal struggles, notably vocalist Brian Aubert’s decision to get sober. “It’s kind of…