Based in Belper, England, Paytron Saint had decided to release a song per month at the start of the year and it only took them 8 months to admit their regrets. Nonetheless, ‘Got Milk?’ shows that Paytron Saint are far from running out of ideas.

Based on a mystifying guitar riff and a dense, busy, and intense mix, ‘Got Milk?’ is a differently-colored piece of rock music. Talking about people who offer ridiculously simple solutions to complex problems, ‘Got Milk?’ is a humorous commentary on people who do more harm than good by refusing to face problems head on, opting for easy fixes. The guitars on this song are wonderfully good. A Jonny Greenwood-inspired whacky guitar solo graces the song that’s heavily leaning on the heavier side of Grunge in its aggressiveness and brutal sense of melodic honesty. ‘Got Milk?’ sounds brash and shameless. An aggressively melodic piece that’s intimidating and engaging. A sound that sounds dangerous, but you just can’t look away. 

With a pulling vocal charisma from the frontman of the trio, a barrage of bass and drums that’s earth-shattering, and a guitar arrangement that’s easily psychotic with the amount of inspirations it pulls from, ‘Got Milk?’ is a simply brilliant offering of brash alternative rock. 

Carmilla Roll by the English rock group Paytron Saint summarizes many messages but the most important is that every stage in our lives has its own unique ups and downs that we should learn from to be able to continue our paths.

Based in Belper, Paytron Saint is an uncompromising three-piece outfit composed of frontman and guitarist Nick Glyn-Davies, Dean Lloyd on the bass, and Dan Brigstock on the drums. Their sound on their latest studio release is a mature blend of alternative rock, a homegrown production direction, and the band’s unique songwriting abilities, shining from the EP’s very first few bars, all the way to the last few.

Grunge-driven and with ample angst, the EP starts with the centerpiece ‘Blessed Be the Weight’, introducing Glyn-Davies’s singsong vocals and their calculatedly dry placement within the mix, his saturated guitar tones, ranging from grungy power chord chugs to scratchy arpeggios, Lloyd’s driving bass, and Brigstock’s rock solid grooves, all of which are thankfully staples throughout the album. Utilizing the underappreciated octave guitar effect (heard most famously on Radiohead’s My Iron Lung) and clashing open strings, Glyn-Davies creates a memorable riff that morphs and morphs back from the chorus’s simplistic power chords. The five-minute cut is an outstanding introduction to the band’s artistic direction and ambition. ‘Tommelise’ is another standout cut with an unforgettable groove and a writhing bass performance, making it the album’s most rhythmically nuanced cut, packed full of power and panache from Glyn-Davies’s more classic rock-inspired vocal part. The breakneck pace of the penultimate track ‘Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely’ and its rhythmic trick in the main riff were enough to had me hooked throughout the song’s grungy guitar tones and uber-melodic solo. A sure winner and another one of the album’s centerpieces. The haunting darkness in the closer ‘Beautiful Repair’ makes it a worthy outro with intricate parts from all the band’s members. Beautifully produced and with a certain crepuscular charm to its melodies and harmonies, the song’s outro section features captivating vocal harmonies that end the EP on a standout moment, in one last showcase of the band’s musicianship.

 Under Scary Houses is a mature EP of a band that is perfectly comfortable with one another. The parts of each individual member beautifully melt into the others, often creating fulfilling musical landscapes that feel like self-contained musical journeys. From the relatively slow to the hectic, and from the rocking to the gently stirring, Paytron Saint are saying and showing that they have countless tricks up their sleeves.

 

Paytron Saint is a 4-piece alt. Rock band based in Amber Valley, United Kingdom. The band consists of brothers Nick and Joel Glyn-Davies on guitars and vocals, Dean Lloyd on bass, and Dan Brigstock on drums. They record their music in their own studio that’s under Dean’s garden which they call “The Chicken Coop”.

“Mirror” is an energetic garage rock song based around a catchy Middle Eastern sounding guitar riff backed by a groovy and melodic bass grounded by a dynamic drum line. In the verses the guitar plays fuzzy picking chords where Nick and Joel sing an energetic duet. As described by the band the song “outlines a conversation between 2 brothers”. With the conversational approach in mind the lyrics are about one brother encouraging the other to take a step back and reflect on themselves, instead of focusing on others or external factors. The song transitions into a long interlude half way through. In this interlude the guitars get wild with melodious riffs backed by a monstrous bass and drum line, taking the song to its conclusion. “Mirror” is a well-produced and composed song that guarantees you will love Paytron Saint. Don’t miss it.