Joaquin Phoenix Directs Silversun Pickups

"Little Lover's So Polite", the new single from Silversun Pickups is proudly directed by Joaquin Phoenix after the actor approached the band about the prospect.

Speaking with MTV, Pickups front-man Brian Aubert spoke about the experience, "The timing was amazing — we were in between tours and he was in between movies. We really liked the experience 'cause it was so crazy. We were crazy. And he was so mental. [Laughs.] We kinda wanted the video to be a little bit surreal, so he decided there was going to be no effects, no nothing. However it was shot was gonna be how it was. We shot it in downtown L.A., so when it looks like the city is spinning behind us we're really on the back of some crazy truck that was doing that."

They also took the time to talk a little about their upcoming new album, "We're probably not going to go into the studio to record anything until the summer. There's some stuff written, though. Hopefully, if all goes well, we'll record in the summer and have a record out by fall... We've learned a lot over the past couple of years. Now we're ready to put our heads back in the sand and shut everything out and start working again."

Silversun Pickups - Little Lover's So Polite