Music and sounds curated by the fieldtone collective

Four friends scare themselves silly with a horror film each week, from spooky classics and grisly thrillers to thought-provoking tales and total flops.

Once upon a time, there was a band called Summer Vacation. They were a SoCal staple, playing indie music that bordered on pop punk and had hints of emo. It was beautiful. Then the band had some kind of falling out, and one of the members left. The remaining members changed their name to Winter Break, and continued to play. The first time I saw this “new” band was at a show at VLHS, an awesome SoCal DIY venue. And, they were OK, but something seemed to be missing from the songs. I couldn’t quite put my thumb on what it was, though. 

Time passed, and another new band played a show at VLHS, called Pinned In Place. It included Sean Arenas, who had been the member of Summer Vacation that left the band. As soon as I heard the songs they played, it hit me: it was Sean that had been missing from Winter Break! Pinned In Place has that key ingredient that made Summer Vacation so special, at least to my ears and tastes. The eleven songs here have that same quality that so endeared Summer Vacation to so many. The opener, “Built to Chill,” and the song “Deadlifts” were previously released as live recordings at a local LA radio station, but the other are all new. The songs have a really easy quality to them, yet with an underlying intensity that comes from the wall of guitar sound. There’s a plentiful dose of math-rock, here too, which is something I’ve always enjoyed. And I really love the contrasting loud/fuzzy and quiet/clean/jangly sections to many of the songs. This is a great debut, and I’m looking forward to more! - Paul Silver, Jersey Beat (www.jerseybeat.com/paulsilver.html)

ANARCHO BODY MUSIC / NUDE BEAT / FREAK STYLE

Brooklyn, NYC.

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