Pinback nails down 'Autumn' trek

Indie pop-rockers Pinback have mapped out a month-long fall tour that will take them through clubs and theaters across the US.

The outing is scheduled to launch Sept. 16 in Tucson, AZ, and crisscross the country, ending with an Oct. 19 gig in San Francisco. Pinback will also stop in Toronto for an Oct. 7 performance. Details are listed below.

The San Diego-based group's principal players, Armistead Burwell Smith IV (Zach) and Rob Crow, started Pinback 10 years ago and released their self-titled debut in 1999.

Last September, Pinback dropped "Autumn of the Seraphs," it fourth full-length album and second for Touch and Go Records. Like 2004's "Summer In Abaddon," the set was recorded in the band's home studio, but the musicians added more dynamic and aggressive melodies than ever before.

"The biggest difference with this record is we made it sound more like we do live, so it's not as much of a shock when people hear us," Crow recently told Cost Mesa, CA-based newspaper the Daily Pilot. "Live, we are loud and have a lot of energy, but our records tend to have a reclusive, softer sound."

"Autumn of the Seraphs" landed Pinback its highest chart position on The Billboard 200 (No. 69), and reached No. 3 on the Top Independent Albums chart. A couple of songs from the record are streaming at the band's MySpace page.