In Transit is a progressive/indie/post hardcore band out of Bradenton, Florida. Back on April 12th, they released a new EP titled, Illusionary, through Ashtray Monument Records.
Illusionary is nearly 24 minutes of thick bass tones (Matt Roback), (Alex Frazzoni), melodic guitars (Ben Bakker, Adam Byers), and synth (Keith Krusch) wrapped around a conceptual message to the listeners to not lose their humanity and humility to one another.
At first we are introduced to the themes of the EP with “Transmission/Gambit.” The words of V from Alan Moore’s “V for Vendetta” spoken by Hugo Weaving played behind industrial ambiance reminiscent of doom gaze music. You are settled in as “Poison Pills” comes at you with a bang. With its thick bass and pounding drums, it feels like a song that could be believably used as an intro to a mid 2000s dubbed anime or action adventure video game.
Curtis grew up in Michigan on classic rock. Luckily, there were family members who were there to introduce him to other genres of music not traditionally on the radio, like blues and punk. Then the internet opened up the floodgates to genres and subgenres of music that he never knew existed, like folk punk. Even today, he’s learning about niche styles and diving head first into the menagerie of artists who’ve settled in those parts years before him. Now, he gets to use those new influences and mangle them up into his own music and make it as weird as he’d like.