Pin Points and Gin Joints

The Bosstones announced that they were working on an album on November 4, 2008, via a MySpace blog with two songs, "The Impossible Dream" and "Next to Nothing" streaming on the page.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=12576182&blogID=446395091 |title=Limited Edition 7" van Mighty Mighty Bosstones op Myspace |publisher=Blogs.myspace.com |date=2008-11-05 |accessdate=2012-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view |archive-date=2009-02-07 |url-status=dead }} They took a break to perform a multi-night residency at the Middle East venue in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the end of the year.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/30935/mighty-mighty-bosstones-announce-hometown-throwdown-11|title=Mighty Mighty Bosstones announce 'Hometown Throwdown 11'|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=October 21, 2008|access-date=June 19, 2022}} By May 2009, they had accumulated 20 new songs. They started recording their next album in June 2009; they took a break from it to play four shows on the West Coast and then four on the East Coast.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/33399/mighty-mighty-bosstones-tour-and-new-album|title=Mighty Mighty Bosstones Tour and New Album|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=May 5, 2009|access-date=October 8, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/34081/mighty-mighty-bosstones-add-east-coast-dates-|title=Mighty Mighty Bosstones add East Coast dates|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Yancey, Bryne|date=June 22, 2009|access-date=October 10, 2022}} The band announced the completion of tracking on July 29.{{cite web|url=https://www.twitter.com/mmbosstones/statuses/2921310742 |title=Twitter / BossToneS: Done tracking the new reco |publisher=Twitter.com |date=2009-07-29 |accessdate=2012-03-05}}

Joe Gittleman described the band's approach to the album in an interview: "We really want to make a fun, upbeat record with a lot of cool ska stuff. Songs I look forward to playing at shows." Dicky Barrett added that the songs reflect his "skewed and slightly distorted look at our world and life in general."{{cite web|url=http://www.jimsullivanink.com/content/view/1538/38/ |title=Mighty Mighty Bosstones Back in the Flesh ... And Later on Disc |publisher=JimSullivanInk.com |date=2009-08-15 |accessdate=2012-03-05}}

On October 19, 2009, the artwork for the album was posted online, and "Graffiti Worth Reading" was made available as a free download.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/35636/media-the-mighty-mighty-bosstones-graffiti-worth-reading|title=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: 'Graffiti Worth Reading'|publisher=Punknews.org|author=August, Justin|date=October 19, 2009|access-date=October 12, 2022}} On October 29, 2009, Pin Points and Gin Joints was announced for release in two months' time; alongside this, the track listing was posted online.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/35774/the-mighty-mighty-bosstones-detail-pin-points-and-gin-joints|title=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones detail 'Pin Points and Gin Joints'|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Yancey, Bryne|date=October 29, 2009|access-date=October 12, 2022}} In August 2010, the band went on an East Coast and Midwest tour with Teenage Bottlerocket and the Flatliners.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/38827/tours-mighty-mighty-bosstones-teenage-bottlerocket-the-flatliners|title=Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Teenage Bottlerocket / The Flatliners|publisher=Punknews.org|author=White, Adam|date=June 25, 2010|access-date=October 20, 2022}}

All songs written by Dicky Barrett and Joe Gittleman, except where noted.

1. "Graffiti Worth Reading" (2:43)
2. "Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah" (2:21)
3. "The Route That I Took" (3:03)
4. "You Left Right?" (3:42)
5. "Too Many Stars" (2:25) (Barrett, Lawrence Katz)
6. "Your Life" (3:36)
7. "I Wrote It" (3:37)
8. "Not to Me on That Night" (3:18) (Barrett, Katz)
9. "Wasted Summers" (3:18)
10. "Sister Mary" (3:31)
11. "The Death Valley Vipers" (4:15)
12. "It Will Be" (3:22)
13. "The Bricklayer's Story" (2:50)
14. "A Pretty Sad Excuse" (6:22)
15. "Feeling Today" (2:28)†

† available only on the vinyl edition of the album.

;The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

• Dicky Barrett – lead vocals
• Lawrence Katz – guitar, backing vocals
• Joe Gittleman – bass, backing vocals
• Joe Sirois – drums
• Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton – saxophone
• Kevin Lenear – saxophone
• Chris Rhodes – trombone
• Ben Carr – Bosstone, backing vocals

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