New Music Critique: AITA

Production8
Lyrics8
Music8
Vocals8
Musicianship8
8

Contact: booking@aitaband.com
Web: aitaband.com
Seeking: Listeners/booking
Style: Pop-Punk

Baltimore’s AITA bottle the exact kind of pop-punk that smells like sunscreen and bad decisions. Their sweet spot is full-throttle: crunchy guitars, sprinting drums and choruses that beg to be shouted. “KNOW HARD FEELINGS” is a clear gem, its dual vocals playing off each other with a push-pull chemistry that feels both scrappy and sincere. You almost wish they’d lean into that dynamic more often. When they ease up on “The Ocean,” the breather is appreciated, but lacks the tectonic shift of their faster fare. There’s an undeniable magnetism here in the high-energy charm of what feels like high school summers that never quite ended.