Maybe it’s just me, but there seems to be a lot of good music out there at the minute. I seem to get a new release, stick it on and enjoy it whereas I’m usually listening to new releases and having the pants bored off me by horrendously sub-standard bands that all sound the same. Transit certainly don’t fall into that category. They play mid-tempo punk rock that reminds me a little of a less gruff, more pop Hot Water Music. Blink 182 they ain’t, even if they’re definitely an influence. They’re the kind of band that both the punk pop-punk kids and the pop pop-punk kids will like, if you know what I mean.
I was actually a little underwhelmed by the band’s last EP and thought the stand out track was their Get Up Kids cover (‘I’m A Loner Dottie…’ if you haven’t already heard it) so I didn’t have too many expectations for this album. But I was nicely surprised. It’s not an instant sugar-rush and the more you listen, the more you get out of it. Like all the good albums I guess. ‘Dear Anyone’ gets this album off to a cracking start with a wall of guitars and melodic, but not overly slick, vocal melodies coming at you from all sides. There are a lot of subtleties in Transit‘s work that I like and it really is a case of the more you listen, the more you get out of it.
‘A Living Diary’ shows a slightly different side to the band, while ‘No Inbetween’ is, dare I say it, a kind of tender ballad that wears it’s heart firmly on sleeve. The two tracks, in quick succession, show how the band have the power and the guts to mix things up. And that’s why this album grows so much on you – every time you listen there’s something new to grab on to. Whether it be the catchy ‘footwork’ or the stomping ‘Return Address’ there’s something for everyone. And that variety will keep you coming back for more for the rest of the summer…