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Pin Me Down
OriginNew York City, United States; London, England
GenresPop, electronica, rock
Years active2007–2010
LabelsAnimalized
Past membersRussell Lissack
Milena Mepris
Alex Elena

Pin Me Down were a pop/electronica/rock side project of guitarist Russell Lissack, of the British band Bloc Party, and guitarist/singer Milena Mepris.[1] The band was managed by Robt Ptak, who had previously worked with Mepris in Ptak's project Artificial Joy.[citation needed] The band made their live debut as a 5-6 piece in May 2008 in London, supporting Yeasayer.

Their first single "Cryptic" appears on Kitsuné Maison Compilation 5 as track number 5. Kitsuné also released a remix single of Pin Me Down's "Cryptic" in June 2008, which included remixes by Paul Epworth, James Ellis, Lissack himself, and others.

Pin Me Down (album)

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On 19 July 2010, the band released their self-titled debut studio album. The album was produced by Alex Elena, who previously played drums with Mepris and manager Ptak's band Artificial Joy. The track "Time Crisis" had previously been released on the band's website at the beginning of the year.[2]

Robert Cooke, writing for Drowned in Sound gave the album a negative review of 3 out of 10, saying that the production was a letdown, and "...fundamentally, the songs just aren't great".[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pin Me Down

No.TitleLength
1."Cryptic"3:51
2."Treasure Hunter"4:06
3."Boy Who Cried Wolf"3:10
4."Ticking"4:05
5."Oh My Goddess"3:03
6."Pretty In Pink"3:18
7."Curious"4:34
8."Time Crisis"3:01
9."Meet the Selkirks"2:42
10."Everything Is Sacred"3:22
11."Fight Song"4:03

Singles

  • "Cryptic" (2008)
  • "Time Crisis" (2010)
  • "Treasure Hunter" (2010)

References

  1. ^ "Bloc Party side-project Pin Me Down to release debut album". NME. 2010-03-05.
  2. ^ "Bloc Party Guitarist Revives Side Project". DigitalSpy. 2010. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)
  3. ^ Cooke, Robert (14 April 2010). "Pin Me Down". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
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