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Pitty Sing, a four-piece out of New York named for an evil cat in a Flannery O'Connor short story, is part of a new breed of indie bands set on reviving the angular, bizarrely romantic mood of late-'80s new wave and post-punk. The group, led by broody front man Paul Holmes, has a few tricks up its sleeve, though. While influences loom large, flipping from Morrissey on darker tracks like "Go Cry" to Psychedelic Furs and Simple Minds on less tortured numbers, Pitty Sing puts on a brave front and charges forthright into the current decade as well. In Holmes' distinctly British vocals, retained despite a stateside upbringing, edges of the melodic crooning bands like Keane have made their signature transfer. This debut is a strung-out affair that meanders too close to the weird at times (the unnamed track 13 is a Darth Vader-ish spoken-word interlude), but it's promising, too: Naughty lyrics ("Radio") and funny ones throughout flesh out a disc not just for the new order of sunken-hearted nostalgics.
CONDITION: NEW Punched UPC
TRACK LISTING
1. Prelude
2. Hanging on Me
3. Bleeding Hearts
4. We're On Drugs
5. ctwyl
6. Fallen
7. Anyway
8. Telephone (It Would Do You Good For Me To Do You Wrong)
9. Motherlover
10. Go Cry
11. Radio
12. Easier
13. Robots
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