Mitch Knox, Journalist

13.0.0.0.0 genuinely makes you believe that maybe these really could be the best days yet.

Mitch Knox loved him some Pinback in 2012.

If the sleep of reason brings forth monsters, as the excellent title track and the painting from which said title is drawn suggest, then The Sleep Of Reason has done its job.

All in all, Crow and Smith have certainly delivered another beauty of a listen, all nuance and interplay and the road less travelled – but even now, literally at least six listens in, it’s still impossible to tell you why.

The band’s fifth album kicks off with the truly grating Steel And Blood, perhaps the most Omni-esque song on the album, whereby frontman Jake Snider instantly loses all previously amassed points for being a suave bastard by coming across like a lounge singer trying desperately to incite some kind of carnal reaction from a pool of disinterested soccer mums.

"Merriweather… was a great experience for us, even just creatively, writing the songs, recording the songs, and it was something that to us was really kind of special."

"I started watching Seinfeld, because I have had conversations with people where they quote Seinfeld and I say, ‘I’ve never seen it,’ and they’re like, ‘What are you talking about?’ … so now seemed like the best time to start watching all the freaking seasons."

"I considered hanging around for Angus Stone's set, then remembered that I actually needed to stay awake to drive home, so thought better of it and departed."

Day Two - What is my cup of tea though, is angular, technical math rock.