"Carnavas" is a surname from the Greek side of lead guitarist and vocalist Brian Aubert's family.

[12] 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 "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.