PINS are one of those bracing bands that pop up every so often armed and ready to show the world how guitar music should be done. Since 2012 their urgent garage rock has grabbed the blogosphere by the shoulders and given all the cross-genre fickle-faced indie kids a big slap around the chops. What could beat brisk rock ‘n’ roll delivered by a gang of four devil-may-care Manchester mods?
The quartet turn the clock on the post-dubstep and electro-pop flavours that have spiked the tastebuds of an increasing number of DIY bedroom acts, eschewing the measured oscillations of Ableton and Logic for a sackful of reverb pedals and some dirty old amps.
Their raucous guitar-noir echoes the past glories of post-punk bands like The Raincoats and The Slits, while their iconic sixties slant recalls new American resurgents White Fence, Fergus and Geronimo and Crystal Stilts.
But this gang aren’t simply a retro outfit; fiery debut album Girls Like Us, which drops on Bella Union on 30 September, stands testament to that. Their purist approach to recording, together with a knack for creating three-minute packages of pure adrenalin, sees to that.
An exciting proposition live, we were chuffed to catch them at soundcheck just round the corner from M Towers at The Social, Little Portland Street, the other week. Here’s what they played for us…
The quartet turn the clock on the post-dubstep and electro-pop flavours that have spiked the tastebuds of an increasing number of DIY bedroom acts, eschewing the measured oscillations of Ableton and Logic for a sackful of reverb pedals and some dirty old amps.
Their raucous guitar-noir echoes the past glories of post-punk bands like The Raincoats and The Slits, while their iconic sixties slant recalls new American resurgents White Fence, Fergus and Geronimo and Crystal Stilts.
But this gang aren’t simply a retro outfit; fiery debut album Girls Like Us, which drops on Bella Union on 30 September, stands testament to that. Their purist approach to recording, together with a knack for creating three-minute packages of pure adrenalin, sees to that.
An exciting proposition live, we were chuffed to catch them at soundcheck just round the corner from M Towers at The Social, Little Portland Street, the other week. Here’s what they played for us…
