Pins - 'Eleventh Hour'

Pins are a rather trendy outfit from that hotbed of awesomeness that is Manchester.  Home of current favourites of mine Dutch Uncles, Everything Everything and..er...The Ting Tings (OK GUILTY PLEASURE ALRIGHT!)

THE ARTWORK

Not many words at all are needed to convey the artistic greatness of this double AA. side single from the band. The simplistic and subtle concept of a cut-out logo on the case, contrasting perfectly with the colours of the tape carries a lot of impact. The clean lines and almost futuristic metallic colours, give the impression that this was designed by someone at Apple perhaps...however this isn't corporate. This is DIY and damn good.

The Tape:
ITS A FUCKING GOLD TAPE. In a black case. Enough said. Amazing.

Or alternatively...

...a black tape in a white/goldish looking case

Obviously the gold tape has sold out as why on earth wouldn't you want this? How do they make the tapes gold I wonder? Is it an old TDK cassette spray painted? Or a specially commissioned masterpiece created by a flavour of the month artiste? Who cares, it's awesome.

THE MUSIC

As good, if not better than you would expect from music being played from a gold tape (or Vimeo in my case as I was too late in ordering the limited edition tape). Reverb but not too much to use that oh-so-repeated phrase 'drenched in reverb'. Hooks? Yes. Eleventh Hour would be the perfect soundtrack to standing in a storm; thunder building and booming, lighting threatening and guitars raining all around, whilst wolves crouch in bushes, light reflecting from their eyes with each flash, causing a beating of the heart and a moment caught between fight or flight.

Tracklisting:
A. Eleventh Hour
AA. Shoot You
BONUS TRACK "La Petite Mort"

Download MP3's here

You can catch them live at Liverpool Sound City or The Great Escape festivals or various other dates in May & June - i'm definitely going to try and catch them.

THE VIDEO