Posted on April 1st, 2008 by Scraps.
Categories: Music, Albums.
All solid toe-tapping albums. The Pinback has moved back into my near-daily rotation, and retains its grip on my Favorite Album of 2007 spot. I only stopped listening to it for a while out of fear of overplaying it. I say again, if you have a taste for lots of catchy, intricate parts strung together into hypnotically memorable songs, combining great musical instincts with an obsessive attention to detail, you should check out Autumn of the Seraphs. It's hard to compare Rob Crow's distinctive songwriting styles with anyone else, but if you imagine a somewhat cooler, more rounded and smooth-sounding Spoon, you wouldn't be far off from Pinback. It's also one of those albums that is gratifyingly, almost frustratingly consistent: nothing to skip, no letdowns, but also nothing so clearly outstanding from the rest that it would be the obvious choice to play for someone. Which also means it may not be immediately arresting, but if you keep playing it, it creeps into your nervous system and makes a home there. (Like Spoon.)
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