The Pauses keep their sound on new album

“I like a narrative structure like a full album,” says multi-instrumentalist Jason Kupfer of The Pauses. “I have to sit down, turn off all the lights, put on the headphones and listen to an album beginning to end. I don’t like singles. An album to me is sort of sacred.”

If albums are sacred, the Orlando indie rock band will be celebrating the equivalent of a rock holy day at their latest album release party today at Park Ave. CDs (9 p.m., 2916 Corrine Drive, Orlando, free, thepauses.com).

“Unbuilding,” the second album for Kupfer, vocalist Tierney Tough and drummer Nathan Chase, was released last month, but that shouldn’t get in the way of a good time. This record marks the second time the trio has recorded with underground legend J. Robbins of influential Seattle grunge rock outfit Jawbox. The Pauses also worked with Robbins when they recorded their 2011 debut, “A Cautionary Tale.” Robbins will be joining The COMMENTARY Pauses at their album release and for a short Florida tour along with cellist Gordon Withers.

“J. was our first choice when we went to record ‘Cautionary Tale,’ ” says Kupfer. “We didn’t even write down a second name.”

“He brings such a studied ear and a filtered suggestion box,” says Tough. “For vocals, I completely trust him.”

Kupfer believes some of the appeal for Robbins may derive from the unusual recording style of The Pauses. “We work in a way that might be different from the way he records a lot of other bands, and I think he might get excited about that,” Kupfer says. “Every guitar thing is a completely new guitar in a different amp in a different room with a different pedal … We’ll just try to experiment as much as possible.”

“I think he might like the challenges we present,” says Tough.

“We don’t want to go into the studio with this fully formed thing so that there’s no play area,” says Kupfer. “There’s definitely a magic of finding a moment and putting it on the album that you literally did that day.”

Since playing their first show in 2009, The Pauses have had some major successes, such as opening for Weezer and English psychedelic icons The Zombies. But in their quest to make a sustainable life out of rock, the band is still looking forward to this hometown gig. “You wanna play in your hometown,” says Tough. “You want people to know you released something. We want to celebrate our accomplishment.”