Review Summary: Six minutes of intensity that leave you wanting more from S.H.I.T.
Hailing from Toronto, S.H.I.T. is a fairly new group, with their first collection of songs being released in 2012; they’ve only been creating and presenting their music for less than two years. But what they do lack in experience, they overwhelmingly make up for in their music. While they do slightly wear their influences on their sleeves, S.H.I.T. delivers a pummeling third set of songs in under ten minutes.
From the first squeal of the guitar, it is rather easy to pin down where S.H.I.T. gets their inspiration for their music (not necessarily to say what they all enjoy listening to on their own time as a whole). Bad Brains is the easiest identifiable influence on the group, with the lead singer having even a similar sound in his voice to that of H.R. himself. While this can grate at the nerves of some listeners who may need more originality in every pocket of musicianship for every band they stumble upon, this only adds to the intensity of the burst of music from the four songs. With an almost primal execution of instrumentation, S.H.I.T. to a high degree conquers their objective of achieving a heavy, almost spastic barrage of music, with you wanting to return to it constantly.
S.H.I.T. may not have the most original sound to them, but they have plenty of time to find and perfect their own sound. What does matter is this short EP aims to leave you in pieces and want to relive the experience repeatedly, and successfully accomplishes such a goal.
