Over the years, the Pacific Northwest has spawned many intriguing, distinct and influential bands: Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, Quasi and 764-Hero, to cite a few.

After forming in 1995, Washington-based trio 764-Hero quite often has been overlooked in favor of other bands hailing from the area.

Originally formed as a duo by singer and guitarist John Atkins (Beck, Red Stars Theory) and Polly Johnson on drums, the band recruited bassist James Bertram (Red Stars Theory) to round out the group. (Bertram was replaced on the new album by Robin Perringer, Modest Mouse’s touring guitarist.)

“Nobody Knows This Is Everywhere,” the band’s fourth full-length album, is its first for New York indie label Tiger Style after three albums for Up Records.

Overall, the album is a darker, more challenging and slower album than previous efforts. It mixes the jangly guitar fills of bands like Seam and Versus with the moody, melodic moments of Pavement.

The album’s best moments (“Oceanbound,” “Photographic Evidence” and “Skylines”) display the passionate, heart-wrenching lyrics of Atkins, the steady drumming of Johnson and Perringer’s ocean-deep bass lines.

“Skylines,” in particular, is a tribute and memorial to a lost friend. It has Atkins reflecting, “Before you go into all of this I think you should know/ We all end up in the hospital waiting to go.”

“Nobody Knows This Is Everywhere” is a finely crafted album of warm, fuzzy, delicate hooks and concise, compact drumming. Quite simply, it is the band’s best effort to date and gets better with each repeated listen.