# Pin Me Down

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{{Short description|British-American pop/electronica/rock project}}
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{{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](/source/electronica), rock
| years_active        = 2007–2010
| label               = Animalized
| associated_acts     = [Bloc Party](/source/Bloc_Party), [Robt Ptak](/source/Robt_Ptak), [Ash](/source/Ash_(band)), [The Bastard Kings of Rock](/source/The_Bastard_Kings_of_Rock)
| website             =
| current_members     = 
| past_members        =  [Russell Lissack](/source/Russell_Lissack)<br/>Milena Mepris<br/>[Alex Elena](/source/Alex_Elena)
}}

'''Pin Me Down''' were a pop/[electronica](/source/electronica)/rock [side project](/source/side_project) of guitarist [Russell Lissack](/source/Russell_Lissack), of the British band [Bloc Party](/source/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](/source/NME)| date = 5 March 2010}}</ref> The band was managed by [Robt Ptak](/source/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](/source/Yeasayer).

==Pin Me Down (album)==
{{Infobox album
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| name       = ''Pin Me Down''
| type       = Studio
| artist     = Pin Me Down
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| alt        =
| released   = 19 April 2010
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| studio     =
| genre      = [Indie rock](/source/Indie_rock), [alternative dance](/source/alternative_dance)
| length     = 39:20
| label      = Animalized Music
| producer   = [Alex Elena](/source/Alex_Elena)<br />Executive Producer – [Robt Ptak](/source/Robt_Ptak) <br />Co producer – Renee Frisch Ptak
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| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Pin Me Down
 | type        = Studio
 | single1     = Cryptic
 | single1date =
 | single2     = Time Crisis
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}}
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On 19 July 2010, the band released their self-titled debut studio album. The album was produced by [Alex Elena](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Myspace)
* [http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/pin-me-down  Interview with Russell Lissack about Pin Me Down] – ''[Clash Magazine](/source/Clash_(magazine))''

==References==
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*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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Category:Musical groups established in 2008
Category:Rock music groups from London
Category:British musical duos
Category:Bloc Party

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