This week’s The Pit feature is thrown.
There’s something about this band that just feels pissed off in a very real way. Not the fake tough guy stuff either. More like being completely burnt out, angry at yourself, angry at everybody around you, and finally letting it all spill out at full volume.
Their newer single “split” has been stuck in our heads all week. The entire song feels like somebody spiraling in real time. Lines like “Life is shit, no doubt about it” and “Some wounds won’t heal over time” hit because they don’t try to sound deep or poetic. It just sounds honest. Messy in the way real people actually are.
And then musically it’s just chaos. Short songs, nasty riffs, vocals that sound like they were recorded after the worst week imaginable. The kind of music that makes you wanna drive too fast at night for no reason.
We’ve also been going back through EXCESSIVE GUILT again this week and honestly the whole release still hits hard front to back. “backfire” especially feels like it was made to cause problems live.
A lot of heavy bands right now feel overthought. Too polished. Too clean. thrown doesn’t really care about any of that. The songs feel raw, frustrated, and uncomfortable in a way that sticks with you after they end.
If you haven’t checked them out yet, start with “split.”
Then maybe apologize to your speakers after.
Looking for more bands after this one? We’ve got a constantly growing Spotify playlist packed with 1000+ tracks ranging from underground heavy hitters to bigger names we can’t stop listening to. New songs get added all the time, so there’s always something new hiding in there.
Also keep an eye out every Wednesday for a new The Pit featured artist spotlight where we highlight bands we think deserve way more attention.
