Pinback - Autumn Of The Seraphs

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4...according to our Phil on Thu 06 Sep, 2007.

Pinback are (pin) back with a new album on Touch & Go. I like Pinback. I like Pinback a lot. Autumn of The Seraph is classic Pinback.... perhaps Pinback by numbers you'd say? They don't really sound like anyone else aside from the other bands they inhabit (3 Mile Pilot and Heavy Vegetable). I used to be a massive fan of 3 Mile Pilot and this is similar sounding albeit with more money chucked at it. I think it's the bass that's so distinctive. Great, great songs though. To entice the cash further from your wallets/purses/parents the CD comes with a bonus 3 track CD with brand new tracks. I'm sure these would have fit on the CD anyway so it all seems like an enormous waste of materials. The songs might be very good though. I haven't heard 'em yet... It's on LP too...

Touch And Go present this new record from San Diego’s finest, Pinback, for good days and for ones where you should have stayed in bed. It’s Pinback’s best yet, and it’s going to take you over.Comprised of two core members, the prolific Armistead Burwell Smith IV (Zach) and the inexhaustible Rob Crow, the band began in 1998 when the guys took a break from their various other projects (3 Mile Pilot for Zach and Thingy and Heavy Vegetable for Rob).‘Autumn Of The Seraphs’ is Pinback’s fourth full-length record, and second on Touch And Go. 2004’s ‘Summer In Abaddon’ hit the scene like high tide gliding in, whirling around listeners, full of beautiful intensity. It found its place in the hearts of a crazy amount of people worldwide following the success of the single ‘Fortress’ and rightfully so. ‘Autumn Of The Seraphs’ pushes forward and upward. Its melodies are more dynamic and aggressive, while still gently pulling you back in again and again. While entirely recorded in the band’s home studios once again, this record is tighter, the drumming more immediate and crisp. Those duties were shared by Mario Rubalcaba (Rocket From The Crypt) and Chris Prescott (No Knife), and it’s a marked difference from Pinback’s previous releases. ‘Good To Sea’ is the jam of Indian summer. ‘Walters’ saunters its way to a buzzy guitar breakdown, while ‘Subbing For Eden’ works steadily toward each climactic chorus.A bonus disc will be packaged with the first pressing of the CD, featuring three brand new studio songs not found on the album.

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