pinafore is a re-release in conjunction with collision/collider records. formerly known as vertebrae (until a trademark dispute), philly's illoin recorded this album in a farmhouse turned recording studio in rural pennsylvania. utilizing accordions, acoustic drums, and sequenced electronics, illoin creates landscapes to worlds filled with sullen windmills and lighthouse ruins. andrew ryan met up with the folks at notenuf when he embarked on a month-long one-man show all across the U.S. his journey found him playing in cowboy bars, living rooms, and at the break of dawn to the joshua tree national park. when his sun soaked melodies and organic textures found their way to austin, he did nothing short of knocking our socks off. we are proud to share the deeply honest and emotionally genuine songs on "pinafore" with everyone who missed out the first time around

"...cooly walks the precarious line between forgettable ambient Electronica and saccharine E lectro-indie with a balance that very few records of its type can muster..."
   - Yellow Rat Bastard

"...Pinafore suggest dreamlike states of alternating warm and chilling currents of sound, like the tidiest instrumentals of Unwed Sailor, the sleep pop of Clue to Kalo, and the cozy atmospheres of Mum all charged up a notch with the incessant pitter-patter of beat..."
   - Independent Mind

"...a depressive mixture of music-box vibraphone, emotionally wrecked vocals, buzzsaw synths and subtly skittering rhythms..."
   - Splendidezine.com

"I was watching it snow outside while I listened to this record, too, and it was a soft snow-fall. The music almost seemed to mimic the way the snow fell and was whipped about by the wind. This is a stark and simultaneously lush collection of songs that has stayed in my player since I received it."
   - Brainwashed

"Vertebrae: This Philadelphia duo makes electric mayhem with Atari-style keyboard melodies and crazy clicking, whirring, chiming machine beats that sound like the Tin Man clucking his tongue. Their debut disc, Pinafore, is simultaneously funky and spacey."
   - City Paper, Philadelphia

"While the minimalist efficiency of some Scandinavian electronic outfits might intimidate uninitiated listeners, Vertebrae keeps hands on instruments enough to engage the less Autechre'd listener"
   - Rockpile Magazine

"Recorded on their Pennsylvania farm, this charming rural duo go a long way in proving 'indie' isn't just a five-letter word"
   - E/I Magazine