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Pinback — Sender
Album: Summer In Abaddon
Avg rating:
6.9

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Total ratings: 1215









Released: 2004
Length: 4:50
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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Shoes crack where you walk
Settle down
Inside, outside, amazing
Cut it back
Get in some clean fresh air

Acute angles, divide my
Path that I had lost
Path that I had lost
Acute angles, divide my
Path that I had lost
Path that I had lost

Tongue tied, couldn't talk
Settle down
Inside, outside, amazing
Haven't lost
Haven't cared at all

Acute angles, divide my
Path that I had lost
Path that I had lost
Acute angles, divide my
Path that I had lost
Path that I had lost

And when you see a boat come
in a straight line
You know it's going straight down
And then you feel like a flower sender
Lender, like you

I close my eyes
Nothing to see here
Nothing to see here

Cloud tank, given off
Watered down
Inside, outside, the razing
Wasn't cool
Wasn't fair at all

Acute angles, divide my
Path that I had lost
Path that I had lost
Acute angles, divide my
Path that I had lost
Path that I had lost

I close my eyes
Nothing to see here
(I close my eyes)

And when you see the big crack in the sunlight
You know it's over somehow
And then a pinhole sky explodes out
Ball of fire
Supernova falls down on you

I close my eyes
Nothing to see here

(Ball of fire
Supernova falls down on you)

I close my eyes
Nothing to see here

I close my eyes
Nothing to see here
Comments (84)add comment
 Alastair wrote:
Add this to the list of bands I would probably never have discovered if it wasn't for RP.  Keep up the good work.
 
I have thought the same thing more times than I can count, glad to see I am not alone.
Posted 12 hours ago by bluwaterschooner    [ Reply ]
Add this to the list of bands I would probably never have discovered if it wasn't for RP.  Keep up the good work.   
Posted 6 months ago by Alastair    [ Reply ]
Cool groove. Makes me think a little of Death Cab for Cutie? Me Likey.
Posted 9 months ago by NHMick    [ Reply ]
One of the best-sounding bands I've seen live.
Posted 1 year ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
Would certainly enjoy hearing more Pinback on RP...just sayin' William.
Posted 1 year ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 Land_Shark wrote:

Never heard of these guys ... thanks to RP, that's another $9.99 out of my pocket for a new CD.



a new what?
Posted 1 year ago by MilesW    [ Reply ]
 gregr79 wrote:

Similar Hooks to Silversun Pickups  - Yes?  No? Maybe? 


Absolutely.  Just toggled over to this tab to see what SP album this was on...and was completely surprised to see it wasn't the Pickups at all.  

Pretty nice groove though.  I like it.
Posted 3 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
I love the sinister-bent keyboards and bass at work here, and the timely percussion slays left and right at will. The lyrics are psychedelic and sci-fi cryptic. To see these guys opertaing their magic on stage in a good soundhall is a perfect prescription for rapid expansion of hyper-consciousness. They're truly worthy of worship.
Posted 3 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Stream of consciousness lyrics remind me of "Trim" by Underworld.
Posted 3 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Nothing to see here....

These aren't the droids you're looking for....

Move Along!
Posted 3 years ago by mjbaumann    [ Reply ]
in a groove with Silversun Pickups
Posted 3 years ago by obankenobi    [ Reply ]
18 de março de 2019
Pinback, está tocando um evento beneficente para a Escola de Museus na Caixa de Música em 20/04 com El Ten Eleven, The Color Forty-Nine, e a estreia de um novo projeto com John Reis (Hot Snakes/Rocket From The Crypt/Drive Like Jehu,etc.) e Rob Crow!
Posted 4 years ago by tadeuluciano39    [ Reply ]
 Land_Shark wrote:
Never heard of these guys ... thanks to RP, that's another $9.99 out of my pocket for a new CD.
 

12 years ago explains the CD comment. Still buy them one and awhile. But getting rare.  
Posted 4 years ago by jeffspar    [ Reply ]
I love math.
Posted 4 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
6 --> 7
Posted 5 years ago by pontfarrer    [ Reply ]
I really enjoy the bass playing in this tune.
Posted 5 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
Maybe follow it up with Alt-J Tessellate? More songs about geometry homework, please! {#Ask}


Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Have really got into these guys (thanks to RP) - they have a lot of great music.  Always cool to discover a "new" band that has been around a while....  This tune is most excellent.
Posted 7 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
10 seconds in, instant fan. Love the annoying percussion. 9.
Posted 7 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
This is one of THE BEST groups you could ever hope to see in concert! And if you're lucky, there will be good sound, and lotsa weed...
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Addicted to this song.  Leads me to others by this "unknown" group.  Thanks again RP!
Posted 8 years ago by cpwells    [ Reply ]
Sender : A cute angel.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
All these years I thought they said "cute angels" {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 8 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
Love the bass line! {#Bananajam}{#Guitarist}{#Boohoo}
Posted 9 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
Lovely diction.
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
One of my favourites of all time 
Posted 9 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
Proof that The Cure has procreated with Death Cab. 
 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 Hasan wrote:
Too many notes!  I couldn't listen to them all at once.  When will it play again, so I can hear all the ones I missed?

 
How about now?
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
These guys are so good - don't know why they never became "known".  Glad to have discovered them from RP - great stuff!
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Too many notes!  I couldn't listen to them all at once.  When will it play again, so I can hear all the ones I missed?
Posted 10 years ago by Hasan    [ Reply ]
I'm getting a hiccup in my radio stream. Anyone else?
Posted 11 years ago by dkwalika    [ Reply ]
Was wondering when I'd hear this gem again on RP, after seeing one of the best live shows ever; these guys absolutely stunned us all! There is a way they play their instruments that is like no other, and the icy cool sci-fi edge to most of their songs kills, and THEY ROCK!
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
TONIGHT they jam, at the Fox Theater, in Boulder -- so excited, can't wait!  Unique bass, cool catchy vocals, interesting arrangements... This song rocks, for sure, and Fortress has a wicked groove, too, but AFK absolutely cranks a new level...gotta see it!
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Vaguely similar to some Joseph Arthur tunes. 
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
How did I miss the year 2004? This and Syntax' Meccano Mind came out the same year. I think it's called raising children (and no time for myself).
Posted 12 years ago by ajlept    [ Reply ]
Supernova falls down on me. . . 
Posted 12 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
tightly woven goodness:

 
  • Shoes crack where you walk
  • Settle down
  • Inside, outside, amazing
  • Cut it back
  • Get in some clean fresh air
  • Acute angles, divide my
  • Path that I had lost
  • Path that I had lost
  • Tongue tied, couldn't talk
  • Settle down
  • Inside, outsides amazing
  • Haven't lost
  • Haven't cared at all
  • Acute angles, divide my
  • Path that I had lost
  • Path that I had lost
  • And when you see a boat come
  • in a straight line
  • You know it's going straight down
  • And then you feel like a flower sender
  • Lender, like you
  • I close my eyes
  • Nothing to see here
  • Cloud tank, given off
  • Watered down
  • Stick side outside, the razing.
  • Wasn't cool
  • Wasn't fair at all
  • Acute angles, divide my
  • Path that I had lost
  • Path that I had lost
  • I close my eyes
  • Nothing to see here
  • And when you see the big crack in the sunlight
  • You know it's over somehow
  • And then a pinhole sky expodes out
  • Ball of fire
  • Supernova falls down on you
  • I close my eyes
  • Nothing to see here
  • (Ball of fire
  • Wasn't fair at all
  • Acute angles, divide my
  • Path that I had lost
  • Path that I had lost
  • I close my eyes
  • Nothing to see here
  • And when you see the big crack in the sunlight
  • You know it's over somehow
  • And then a pinhole sky expodes out
  • Ball of fire
  • Supernova falls down on you
  • I close my eyes
  • Nothing to see here
  • (Ball of fire
  • Supernova falls down on you)

Posted 12 years ago by MoM$CooKin    [ Reply ]
These guys don't get played enough on here

Super 
Posted 12 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
 kayumann wrote:
Wow another education courtesy of RP, never heard of Pinback before but instantly likable....Thank You RP :))))
 
  Neat, ain't it? Me neither... How much $$ is this education worth, peeps?


Posted 12 years ago by Roguewarer    [ Reply ]
Wow another education courtesy of RP, never heard of Pinback before but instantly likable....Thank You RP :))))
 
Posted 12 years ago by kayumann    [ Reply ]
Multiple eargasms
Posted 13 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
I Fear my weakness for this baseline is a measure of myself as a human
Posted 13 years ago by houston    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

Awesome backbeat.

 
Awesome sounding bass to go with it also

Posted 13 years ago by mrdak    [ Reply ]
 gvan wrote:

 
Ringo's Here!    {#Nyah}

Posted 13 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]

Posted 13 years ago by gvan    [ Reply ]
 tmc9902 wrote:
very surprised by the 6.8 rating!!!!  what's wrong with you people?  this song was tightly woven. 
 
On second hearing, my rating went up a point.  "Tightly woven" is right!

Posted 13 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:

I really dig their tight, compressed sound. . . 
 
 
Awesome backbeat.

Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
very surprised by the 6.8 rating!!!!  what's wrong with you people?  this song was tightly woven. 
Posted 13 years ago by tmc9902    [ Reply ]

I really dig their tight, compressed sound. . . 
 
Posted 13 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
My son turned me on to this band, and then quite by accident, I know someone who has drummed w/them too. Very enjoyable sound.
Posted 14 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
this would be a good one for "The Math CD vol. II"
{#Music} 
Posted 14 years ago by techer2    [ Reply ]
I can never make out a damn word they say, but have always dug this band!{#Lol}

Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 brandog wrote:

Agreed, I hear Pinback and always think of "Three Seed"
 

Yes, but where SSPU sounded like this for one song, Pinback sounds like this all the time.
Posted 14 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
Similar Hooks to Silversun Pickups  - Yes?  No? Maybe? 

Posted 14 years ago by gregr79    [ Reply ]
another great San Diego export...
Posted 14 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
I really like Pinback and enjoy most of their songs, unfortunately this is not one of them!{#No}
Posted 15 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I enjoy this tune, but I can't help but think it's ima robot...
Posted 15 years ago by BoFiS    [ Reply ]
I first heard this band when my hairdresser brought his daughter's iPod to work and we listened to her favorite Pinback tunes while he was cutting my hair. I really liked what I heard and I'm glad to see they're being played here on RP.
Posted 15 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Sounds sorta Death Cab For Cutie-esque.  Not that that's a bad thing.
Posted 15 years ago by sdn    [ Reply ]
One of my all time favorite pinback songs!
Posted 15 years ago by Photo678    [ Reply ]
Cool and sophisticated.
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
wow - that was kind of a throwback to many 80's bands - the call amongst ones on the tip of my tongue.  love it.
Posted 15 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Nice groove, Gettin' into it.
Posted 15 years ago by anotherlistener    [ Reply ]
This song is pretty good!
Posted 16 years ago by OldFrenchie    [ Reply ]
Absolutely LOVE this band!
Posted 16 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
a_genuine_find wrote:
The year this was recorded makes it impossible to be the theme of Twin Peaks, but isn't that the same riff from this TV program?
The "Now Playing" list was stuck for a while. "Sender" was followed by the Twin Peaks theme by Julee Cruise.
Posted 16 years ago by Inamorato    [ Reply ]
The year this was recorded makes it impossible to be the theme of Twin Peaks, but isn't that the same riff from this TV program?
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Never heard of these guys ... thanks to RP, that's another $9.99 out of my pocket for a new CD.
Posted 16 years ago by Land_Shark    [ Reply ]
very nice!
Posted 16 years ago by badean    [ Reply ]
Wow! Another fabulous band I'd never have discovered without RP's amazing super powers!
Posted 17 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
Really diggin\' the base on this track...it reinvigorated my day
Posted 17 years ago by chinchita    [ Reply ]
StellarSwarm wrote:
I love Pinback. My only complaint is their lyrics are almost always indistinguishable. The only reason this bothers me is that I tend to like to sing along and thus end up singing their songs phonetically. However, once I read some of their lyrics and realized how cryptic/nonsensical they are, it's almost better to just enjoy it for what it is...indistinguishable lyrics and all.
Yeah, now you know how all us 40 something folks feel about REM. Love the band, love to sing along, find it harder to do the latter. Stipes lyrics are pretty nonsensical at times.
Posted 17 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
I'm happy to say that Pinback will release a new album, Autumn of the Seraphs, in September.
Posted 17 years ago by Inamorato    [ Reply ]
StellarSwarm wrote:
I love Pinback. My only complaint is their lyrics are almost always indistinguishable. The only reason this bothers me is that I tend to like to sing along and thus end up singing their songs phonetically. However, once I read some of their lyrics and realized how cryptic/nonsensical they are, it's almost better to just enjoy it for what it is...indistinguishable lyrics and all.
Try humming... just a suggestion.
Posted 17 years ago by curtkare    [ Reply ]
Ultimatum77 wrote:
I'm lovin' the Bass line , keep up the good music Pinback
where did ya get that banana? me too!!
Posted 17 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
horstman wrote:
I love album covers that feature storm drains/catch basins.
Yep, vvveerrryy subterranean
Posted 17 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
nice to hear pinback here! good job!
Posted 17 years ago by canadianbug    [ Reply ]
I love album covers that feature storm drains/catch basins.
Posted 17 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
When I saw them live, I was very suprised to find that they have 2 singers.
Posted 17 years ago by h2o    [ Reply ]
I'm lovin' the Bass line , keep up the good music Pinback
Posted 18 years ago by Ultimatum77    [ Reply ]
I love Pinback. My only complaint is their lyrics are almost always indistinguishable. The only reason this bothers me is that I tend to like to sing along and thus end up singing their songs phonetically. However, once I read some of their lyrics and realized how cryptic/nonsensical they are, it's almost better to just enjoy it for what it is...indistinguishable lyrics and all.
Posted 18 years ago by StellarSwarm    [ Reply ]
I have been a fan of this band for some time and am very happy to hear them on RP. Please play more by Pinback or anything that you feel fits this sound.
Posted 18 years ago by rolokan    [ Reply ]
Distinctively cool
Posted 18 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]