As Tinyvoices noted in its review of PitS a while back, this
could well be a band to watch for the future. However, they
aren't there yet.
Making Friends with Broken Promises is their
first proper recording, and already PitS are toying with experimental
song structures, clever rhythms, pretty guitar parts, melodic
and hardcore vocals - what more could you ask? Well, although
they're aiming at lofty places they haven't quite pulled it
off.
First of all, the vocals are really off-key in places. Vocalist
Andy Saiker handles the hardcore parts with ease, but as soon
as he hits a melodic passage he often seems to lose his bearings
almost completely. There are hints that this might improve
with time and practice, but I believe that the band have recruited
an extra singer in any case to handle the melodic parts. If
so, it's probably a good move if they want to get this sorted
straight away.
Secondly, the desire to experiment occasionally overcomes
PitS's ability to write coherent pieces of music, and ideas
tend to lurch slightly clumsily from one to another. Occasionally
this adds an edge of discomfort to proceedings and actually
works to a song's advantage, but otherwise simply serves to
rob the band of its groove.
Thirdly, and we're onto the minor quibbles of a musical pedant
now, some of the guitar sounds are a little...
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