Pitty Sing
Pitty Sing

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First Appeared in The Music Box, January 2005, Volume 12, #1

Written by T.J. Simon

The Boston-based foursome Pitty Sing delivers stadium-sized rock while channeling the ghosts of the ’80s alternative pop scene. The band’s self-titled debut consistently sounds like a lost album from Simple Minds — particularly on the disc’s strongest track Radio. Old-fashioned keyboards and hook-y guitars permeate the album on winning numbers such as Hanging on Me and CTWYL. Shades of Oingo Boingo shine through the swirling synths of Telephone, and singer/songwriter/guitarist Paul Holmes has more than one a-ha moment on the lavishly-produced We’re on Drugs.

While Pitty Sing’s influences are transparent, the group successfully avoids sounding like a tired tribute band performing outdated material. This is largely because the music of OMD, Talk Talk, and Tears for Fears always has been a lot of fun. Furthermore, there aren’t many ensembles currently mining the same terrain as Pitty Sing, and this makes the collective a unique and welcome addition to today’s pop-rock landscape. At 14 tracks, the self-titled disc should have shed some of its fat — Robots and Motherlover immediately come to mind — but Pitty Sing is aiming pretty high at a difficult target. Fortunately for the listener, this debut hits the bull’s-eye more often than not. ½

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Ratings

1 Star: Pitiful
2 Stars: Listenable
3 Stars: Respectable
4 Stars: Excellent
5 Stars: Can't Live Without It!!

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