ARTIST: Pinback
TITLE: Information Retrieved
LABEL: Temporary Residence
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 245kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 38m total
RELEASE DATE: 2012-10-16
RIP DATE: 2012-10-12
Track List
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1. Proceed To Memory 3:51
2. Glide 3:58
3. Drawstring 3:44
4. Sherman 3:36
5. His Phase 3:17
6. Diminished 3:53
7. True North 3:54
8. A Request 3:55
9. Denslow, You Idiot! 2:59
10. Sediment 4:56
Release Notes:
http://www.pinback.com/
http://www.myspace.com/pinback
On one hand, their fifth album, Information Retrieved, is the logical and
accessible realization of a sound Pinback have been developing and refining for
over a decade. However, that consistency that we've taken for granted is what
makes Information Retrieved such a euphoric surprise; their finest and most
fully realized album, a dozen years deep into a career that includes bonafide
modern classics like "Good To Sea" andSummer In Abaddon. Simply put, this is
better than we ever could have expected. They could have coasted on automatic
pilot to another lauded album that likely would have made it onto plenty of
year-end lists, but instead they shot the moon, and the result is a major
triumph. The touchstones are still there: Zach Smith's stunningly unique bass
guitar acrobatics driving both rhythm and melody in lock-step unison; the
incredible immediacy of Rob Crow's voice that could make a phone book sound
compelling; and the musical and lyrical interplay between the two of them that
made Pinback so special in the first place. The difference now is their
exquisite control over dynamics and a greater emotional resonance throughout.
It's the most complete and soulful Pinback album by a fair distance, the finest
moment in the career of a band whose unfettered brilliance we've come to count
on, but will never again take for granted.