piskie sits - the secret sickliness

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no, i have no idea about the meaning of this bands name, nor the reasons for the title of their debut release, but as i have hammered this album for the last few days such concerns are totally unnecessary.

having released a couple of impressive limited 7? singles, this wakefield 4 piece now expand their template to stretch over the course of 35 minutes.
well, i say stretch. the band have their fuzzbox and they’re going to use it.

you see, piskie sits are reviving a form of indie rock that until recently has been wiped off the face of the earth, and is therefore a very welcome change from the usual brit-pop via music hall revival that’s currently making all the mainstream press.

it took a few listens, but once the association hit, the penny dropped and i began to really get into the album.
it all starts off with the dirty lo-fi production of no hidden chord and the use of the distorted, recorded through sandpaper vocals, if you have ever heard anything by dinosaur jnr. then you’ll know this song is a perfect homage to the scene that fashion forgot. before nirvana obliterated the underground alt.rock scene, america was the place for some superb alternative indie rock, much of sourced from fort apache studios. there was none of this nasty major label sanctioned emo crap.

no, during the late 80s, early 90s, the genre known as indie rock was a far more honest, open and downright wonderful grotty sounding music (though in fairness this may be a personal rose tinted nostaligia trip), in which the fuzzed up guitars and bass were badly produced, the drums all over the place and production was kept to a bare minimum. yet for all this, there was often something about the quality of the songs, and in that respect, piskie sits have dropped a wonderfully listenable album for anyone who recall those messy days.

there’s little to say other than these 11 future slacker anthems are rather special in a laid back, sloppy hair, checkered shirt wearing manner, and given a few listens, certain songs really step up to the mark and become rather wonderful, making this album well worth checking out.

link : http://www.wrathrecords.co.uk/