Pinback - Summer in Abaddon [180G]

Although it may seem like gentle pop music at first, the brilliance of Pinback's 2004 debut on Touch & Go Records is slowly revealed over repeated listenings. The songs on Summer in Abaddon are buoyant and lively at times, melancholy and dark at others, and always resonate with an underlying intensity. Pinback lays out beautiful melodies that are deceptively complex, layering sounds and instruments upon one another and trading contrasting vocal parts with ease. One of the most pleasurable alternative releases of the 2000's!