Pinback’s latest album, “Information Retrieved” sweeps in with harmonizing vocals to resound its echoing guitar plucking and similarly reverberating bass chords. It all culminates in a feeling similar to a brain massage. Pinback traditionally finds a unique take on West Coast indie vibes, but “Information Retrieved”, the group’s first full-length studio album in five years, arrives with some new invigoration instilled in it’s instrumentation and vocal patterns. At times, up-tempo songs like “A Request” and “Denslow, You Idiot!” emerge with an energy break from the typical tracks Armistead Smith and Rob Crow generally produce for the project. If listeners manage to wade through the pleasing webs of guitar strums, they’ll be rewarded with some thoughtful lyricisms as well.

Grade: A-