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NME, May 30, 2008
"Boy girl duo Pin Me Down have come up with a right proper ditty, that's dead catchy too. Driving, jangly guitar riffs
and sing song vocals give "Cryptic" an immediacy destined for major airplay..." i-D magazine, July 2008. |
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Pin Me Down's debut single "Cryptic" is out 2 June, 2008 on digital formats and 12" vinyl. A UK iTunes digital exclusive
version of the single will be released on 26 May. It features remixes by PHONES (Paul Epworth), Jamie Ellis & Russell
Lissack, and Dave P & Adam Sparkles.
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Pin Me Down, Pinned Down For An Exclusive Interview With BlocParty.Net
Bloc Party's Russell Lissack Fires Up Pin Me Down!
When we reported on the Kitsuné label's Maison 5 compilation last
week, there was one band we had a little trouble putting our finger on. That band was Pin Me Down, whose "Cryptic" made the
Kitsuné mix. As it turns out, Pin Me Down contains a familiar face: Bloc Party guitarist Russell Lissack.
New York
based songwriter Milena Mepris rounds out the duo, who met in 2004 when Mepris' former band Black Moustache opened a NYC gig
for Bloc Party. They've been largely crafting tunes intercontinentally, employing email to shoot tracks back and forth over
the pond that separates 'em. Hey! Just like the Postal Service!
But soon enough, Pin Me Down will take this mysterious
new project beyond the realms of the "Cryptic". Kitsuné has a 12" remix single for the track tentatively set to arrive April
21. The Kitsuné Maison comp, meanwhile, is due worldwide February 4.
But a brand new band ain't all the good stuff
coming from Mr. Lissack lately. According to NME.com, Lissack, a vegetarian, recently served as a guest judge in the selection
of a new design for a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) t-shirt.
It may be a little hard to believe,
but Bloc Party aren't touring at the moment, and apparently have no plans to any time soon. They will, however, play the NME's
Big Gig at London's O2 Arena February 28, alongside Klaxons, Kaiser Chiefs, Manic Street Preachers, and the Cribs. And they've
still been making their fair share of compilation appearances lately, what with the tunes they contributed to the Xfm Debut
Sessions disc and the Green Owl environmental comp.
Guess What? It’s about "Cryptic" ...
It's been a
while since the last blog, and I'm sorry to say this will be a short post… BUT we wanted to announce that "Cryptic"
will be on the upcoming Kitsune Maison 5 GOLD compilation, out on CD/LP/Digital December 10 in Japan and in Europe in February.
We will give you more release details when we get them, but for now, here's the comp artwork (look, it's us in the top left
corner!) and tracklisting. We love the Kitsune label are excited to be in the company of so many
other bands (Late of the Pier, M.I.A, Digitalism etc.) we admire.
01 -
Fischerspooner - The Best Revenge
02 - Late Of The Pier - Broken (Fairy Lights Mix)
03 - Alan Braxe - Addicted
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- David E. Sugar - To Yourself
05 - Pin Me Down - Cryptic
06 - M.I.A. -
XR2 (Silverlink V Kicks Like A Mule Aka 92juk)
07 - The Teenagers - Homecoming (Gentelmen Drivers Rave Mix)
08 - AutoKratz
- Pardon Garçon
09 - Digitalism - Pogo (Digitalism's Robotic Remix)
10 - DatA - Aerius Light (Kitsune DJ Friendly Edit)
11
- Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Let's Make Out (Extended Mix)
12 - Rex The Dog - Circulate
13 - Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya
Ya - Fuck Friend (CSS Remix)
14 - Friendly Fires - On Board
15 - Big Face - I Wanna Be A Style Crusader (DatA Remix)
16
- KID - I'll Never Know
17 - Cazals / Yelle - To Cut A Long Story Short (Vicarious Bliss Mellotron Mix) / A Cause Des Garçons
(Tepr Remix)
We will post
another picture blog soon, letting you know what we've been up to, but we thought you'd want to know about the Kitsune comp
sooner rather than later. Thanks to everyone who's been writing in. We're a little behind in our correspondence ;)
I'd like to leave
you with a little video of one of my personal heroes, Josh Homme, pushing himself to the limits, and taking down the
Man, as usual. I gotta say I'm jealous we didn't think of the mine gig idea first!
Milena xo
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