Basically, Pinback is one of those bands that can do no wrong. At least in my musical world, where they live lodged firmly between bearded, haunted, sad-bastard notebook lyrics and dirty, gritty indie rock. Their bass-laden double front-man performances, both in the studio and on the stage, are really a feast for the ears —  Pinback and Autumn of the Seraphs were two of the albums I picked up as “must-haves that I had somehow missed” this past year and both have been in heavy rotation since.

Their current tour is stopping through town tomorrow night at Neumo’s, where you can get a slice of this magic first-hand {$17 adv., $20 dos}. For our PDX friends, it looks like the tour stops in town the following night, with plans for San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego before a cross-country jump to New York on the 22nd.

As the officials put it, they’re “infectious,” “dreamy,” and “not to be missed.” I couldn’t agree more.

Here’s a video for “From Nothing to Nowhere” off of AotS:

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_P7Sgi5wss]

And “Fortress” off of Summer in Abbadon (with some really fantastic animation):

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59cQWw9ctOA]

Hope to see you at the show!