{{Short description|British-American pop/electronica/rock project}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{multiple issues| {{mfn|date=April 2025}} {{refimprove|date=March 2013}} }} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Pin Me Down | image = | caption = | background = group_or_band | origin = New York City, United States; London, England | genre = Pop, electronica, rock | years_active = 2007–2010 | label = Animalized | associated_acts = Bloc Party, Robt Ptak, Ash, The Bastard Kings of Rock | website = | current_members = | past_members = Russell Lissack<br/>Milena Mepris<br/>Alex Elena }}
'''Pin Me Down''' were a pop/electronica/rock side project of guitarist Russell Lissack, of the British band Bloc Party, and guitarist/singer Milena Mepris.<ref name="Tim Cochrane">{{cite web| url = https://www.nme.com/news/bloc-party/50096| title = Bloc Party side-project Pin Me Down to release debut album| work = NME| date = 5 March 2010}}</ref> The band was managed by Robt Ptak, who had previously worked with Mepris in Ptak's project Artificial Joy.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}} The band made their live debut as a 5–6 piece in May 2008 in London, supporting Yeasayer.
==Pin Me Down (album)== {{Infobox album | italic_title = no | name = ''Pin Me Down'' | type = Studio | artist = Pin Me Down | cover = | alt = | released = 19 April 2010 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Indie rock, alternative dance | length = 39:20 | label = Animalized Music | producer = Alex Elena<br />Executive Producer – Robt Ptak <br />Co producer – Renee Frisch Ptak | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = Pin Me Down | type = Studio | single1 = Cryptic | single1date = | single2 = Time Crisis | single2date = }} }}
On 19 July 2010, the band released their self-titled debut studio album. The album was produced by Alex Elena, who previously played drums with Mepris and manager Ptak's band Artificial Joy. The track "Time Crisis" had previously been released on the band's website at the beginning of the year.<ref name="Bloc Party Guitarist Revives Side Project">{{cite web | url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a198601/bloc-party-guitarist-revives-side-project.html| title = Bloc Party Guitarist Revives Side Project| work = Digital Spy| year = 2010}}</ref>
Robert Cooke, writing for Drowned in Sound gave the album a negative review of 3 out of 10, saying that the production was a letdown, and "...fundamentally, the songs just aren't great".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cooke|first1=Robert|title=Pin Me Down|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15293/reviews/4139690|website=Drowned in Sound|accessdate=14 October 2014|date=14 April 2010|archive-date=19 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019032354/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15293/reviews/4139690|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== Track listing === {{tracklist | all_writing = Pin Me Down | title1 = Cryptic | length1 = 3:51 | title2 = Treasure Hunter | length2 = 4:06 | title3 = Boy Who Cried Wolf | length3 = 3:10 | title4 = Ticking | length4 = 4:05 | title5 = Oh My Goddess | length5 = 3:03 | title6 = Pretty in Pink | length6 = 3:18 | title7 = Curious | length7 = 4:34 | title8 = Time Crisis | length8 = 3:01 | title9 = Meet the Selkirks | length9 = 2:42 | title10 = Everything Is Sacred | length10 = 3:22 | title11 = Fight Song | length11 =4:03 }}
==Singles== *"Cryptic" (2008) *"Time Crisis" (2010) *"Treasure Hunter" (2010)
==External links== * [https://myspace.com/pinmedown Pin Me Down] on Myspace * [http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/pin-me-down Interview with Russell Lissack about Pin Me Down] – ''Clash Magazine''
==References== {{reflist}} *https://www.nme.com/photos/from-david-bowie-to-blur-s-alex-james-16-big-name-musicians-forgotten-side-projects-1431243 *https://exclaim.ca/music/article/bloc_partys_russell_lissack_returns_with_side-project_pin_me_down *https://www.nme.com/news/music/bloc-party-92-1293296 *https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/mar/17/bloc-party-russell-lissack-ash * https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=49499011&site=eds-live&scope=site * https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=qth&AN=32589595&site=eds-live&scope=site
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