Some Offcell Voices

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John Isaacson Pinback has so many great songs on every album but the driving keyboards and vocals make this a favorite track for me. I love the soaring vocal harmonies. They are true virtuoso composers. Favorite track: Manchuria.

thezoomeboomer WHY MUST ALL THOSE PRETTY THINGS BE SAD, SAD! Favorite track: Grey Machine.

Slut Aus Nord One of the first CDs I ever bought back when I was around 15, and now the first release I'll own on both formats, for good reason! As microtonal music becomes more popular every year on Bandcamp, Offcell especially feels ever more prescient in its cheerful experimentalism, while Some Voices remains stately and gorgeous in comparison. Two essentials. Favorite track: Microtonic Wave.

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1.	Some Voices 03:16	buy track
2.	Trainer 02:43	buy track
3.	Manchuria 02:41	buy track
4.	June 07:17	buy track
5.	Microtonic Wave 04:55	buy track
6.	Victorious D 04:16	buy track
7.	Offcell 04:31	buy track
8.	B 04:50	buy track
9.	Grey Machine 11:04

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In the early days of Pinback, they were known mostly as two lauded musicians who spent their spare time away from their primary projects (Three Mile Pilot, Thingy, Heavy Vegetable) to hone their home recording skills while experimenting with ideas, tones, and instrumentation that didn’t quite fit into those primary projects. Pinback hadn’t yet become their day job; it hadn’t yet become a well-oiled 5-piece touring machine; and it had no idea where it was going to go. In retrospect, that earnest curiosity is what makes those early Pinback recordings so resonant and so unique, and what separated them from every indie rock band of this century.

Every bit as powerful and expressive as their first two albums, the 1999 EP, Some Voices, and the 2003 EP, Offcell, famously bucked the perception of EPs as outtakes and toss-offs. What were ostensibly minor stopgaps between albums became massive fan favorites and staples of Pinback’s live show. Having never been released on vinyl, it’s only fitting that we revisit these poignant recordings – and take the opportunity to painstakingly remaster and repackage them into the full-length album that never was, the aptly named Some Offcell Voices.

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released March 17, 2017

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