Pessimism Strikes You Cold: Sandpit

Aus Music Scrapbook:
Begining quietly, Along The Moors, sails along a still ocean of subtle melodies and fragile vocals, before hitting a chorus of fuzz, creating pure pop bliss. In contrast the second track is a mellow tune with its soothing strummed guitar melodies. The last two tracks, recorded at home with Brendan, include a solo version of The Horns Song off their first EP [second, actually - Andrew] along with a one minute ditty to "satisfy our souls" as the lyrics put it.
Overall just another reinforcement why they are one of the finest sonic-angular pop outfits this side of the southern hemisphere and a promising indication of their debut album.
Matt Attlee

hEARd Magazine:
Knowing little about a band helps out a little, giving you few preconceptions about the music that you're about to hear. This is a great e.p. that has the band turning through some different styles.
The title track moves along gently into a cool acoustic space that has some nicely flowing vocals & then blasts you into the chorus with a great guitar effort. No Rock is even more relaxed again, the vocal style again being an outstanding part of the music.
The Horns Sing rings of a Pavement-esque sound that runs through much of this e.p., though it has an unusually haunting style that isn't quite what you'd have expectd after the previous tracks. The closing track here is a rather minimalist song called Mr Diamond, again takikng cues from the other songs here, but perhaps even more eccentric than the others. I think Sandpit have the makings of an excellent album in the seeds of this e.p., but they need to get their sound to coincide a little more evenly.
Along The Moors is out now through Shock. hEARd rating 8/10