This has been bothering me for a while. Ever since the album’s been back on Spotify, the main link to the album is the high quality, unaltered Ace Fu rip with 10 songs instead of 12 while the old 12 song album now links to the ‘Cutty Shark’ rip. Not only is this rip significantly lower quality with crackles, but the tuning is off ever so slightly in a way I cannot stand. See for yourself:

https://open.spotify.com/album/29mC8mr2hz5QqEG3JZFNww?si=jMAvV9HDRtSA2P_uqxobKw - 10 songs, HQ

https://open.spotify.com/album/3KI17ZHEbKXYFUMLcHFoUE?si=fEaQZxL5QOy9_gcINhNVSg - 7 songs, low quality and tuned down

Anyone know WHY this is happening?

ITS TOO LATE

IM FEELIN FRUSTRATED

I've had this one on repeat for a while and just curious. Initially I didn't realize "later than I think" was part of the previous line, so it'd go just "sad I'm gonna die, hope it's gonna happen", which I like because I like the indecisive and dark implications, and honestly I think it might have been kind of the intended interpretation since the lines sound so seperated. Or not. Curious how others interpret it.

That’s pretty much it. I love this band and unfortunately I am no longer friends with the only person who was as obsessed with them as I am. Happy to have found this sub. I hope to see them live one day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0gveyEUzuc

This came up in my Release Radar and I was excited and then very, very disappointed. There's no way in hell the actual Pinback came anywhere near this AI-adjacent dreck. What's going on here?

https://open.spotify.com/album/2lkQ2vaTJGYB4ivhmZzm4f?si=Hl6ZWJzFTn2hDA914Cba2A

its my first tattoo!! and i loooooveeeee ittttt just wanted to share

Discovered the band in 2002. Here’s most of what I’ve collected since then.

First and foremost I want to start this off by expressing how grateful I am that communities like these exist and keep the spirit of this band alive. In my day to day life I have never met another person who actively listens to this band sadly. Due to this, I rarely get to share how important this group is to me and how much of my life has revolved around their music besides with close friends who typically don't see the appeal anyway.

I was born in 2001 living on the beaches of California and grew up listening to an overwhelming amount of Pinback's debut/self titled album, Blue Screen Life and Summer in Abaddon when I was 3-4 years old. My mom and I were in a pretty bad situation and I was too little at the time to understand how dire things were. We spent many nights in our crappy car on the waterfront looking at the ocean and our only possessions in the vehicle were her beauty products and these three albums.

My earliest memories in my life are the California orange/yellow hued sun hitting my face as a baby and listening to songs such as Lyon, Tripoli, Loro and Crutch. The ending of Montaigne also was etched into my mind. Concrete Seconds and Penelope would play a lot too, although my mother let both albums play all the way through from start to finish usually. The only exception was with Summer in Abaddon where she pretty much exclusively played Non-Photo Blue, Fortress and 3x0.

The most pivotal moments in my life I've always had these records to turn back to and I've always been hit with a sensation of peace. This band has been and will always be my happy place.

I haven't had the privilege of seeing them live yet! Maybe once I'm out of the military I'll be able to see them.

So, in honor of another great album by a band which I just discovered, and one that is quickly turning into one of my all-time favorites I'd like to share my ranking of the songs on Blue Screen Life. As always love to hear feedback and better yet see other people's rankings.

1. Seville
2. Penelope
3. Talby
4. X.I.Y.
5. Prog
6. Tres
7. Concrete Seconds
8. BBtone
9. West
10. Your Sickness
11. Offline P.K.
12. Boo

I just listened to all 3 hours of Punk Lotto Pod's episode on Pinback. Super cool look at their discography and a wonderful distraction while doing yard work. I recommend a listen to. Shout out to Justin

https://punklottopod.simplecast.com/episodes/challenge-ography-pinback-complete-series

I’ve personally been a fan since I was 15 (so, 5 years) I found out about Pinback thru thrifting Rob Crow’s “My Room is a Mess”album and have been stuck on this train ever since. How about you guys? Totally interested in hearing how YOU guys discovered Pinback (esp newer fans!)

So unfortunately I am almost a lifetime too late to the Pinback party, but I've finally arrived. Since discovering them a few days ago I've been familiarizing myself with there outstanding body of work. Summer In Abaddon in particular has blown me away. In honor of this amazing record I wanted to rank the songs, post my list, and get your guy's thoughts... Here goes:

1. AFK
2. Non Photo-Blue
3. Fortress
4. Sender
5. Syracuse
6. Scent
7. Bloods on Fire
8. This Red Book
9. 3 x 0
10. Soaked
11. The Yellow Ones

This was a tough one... What an outstanding album... Hope to see some other people's lists!!! Happy listening!!

Rob crow’s other band, Thingy, has a song that sounds insanely familiar. The song is “Grounded, I Guess”. I’m thinking somewhere in the realm of Midwest emo or maybe another math rock kinda band, but this is driving me nuts. If anyone can figure it out please let me know.

hi all! I made my own Pinback discord server - I have a lot of experience running a bigger server but I wanted to make a space for Pinback fans! feel free to join, I'd love to gather more fans there :)
https://discord.gg/TsbUWWeuyz

Hi, young Pinback fan here. I'm obsessed with the band and have sifted through all of their albums, including Zach and Rob's work in other bands/projects. I'm super excited for Zach's upcoming music on Systems Officer, but is there any chance Pinback would work on any new stuff together? I got to see them live last month and I'm grateful they're at least still working together in that aspect, but I'd be overjoyed even if there was a chance at new music from them

Looking for videos that are multi camera and soundboard quality sound. The KEXP video is good but very short. Also their show at the Casbah was great but one camera. Just wanted to add that I recently discovered Pinback and absolutely love their music.