Toronto’s Lost Pitch has always lived somewhere between noise and nuance. With their debut album ‘Bumpy Ride’ and lead single ‘It’s a Trap!’, the quartet sharpen their signature blend of cinematic alt-rock, soulful distortion, and melodic urgency into something visceral and deeply human.
Frontman and songwriter Erick Vidal calls the record both a reflection and a release. Written during a year of upheaval, Bumpy Ride’ channels exhaustion, persistence, and hard-won peace. “It was a year that tested every part of us,” Vidal says. “Physically, emotionally, creatively — it was all over the place.” What emerged is a collection of songs that sound alive in the mess — jagged, shimmering, and unfiltered.
Recorded between the home studios of bassist-producer Leandro Motta and drummer-foley artist Alex Mine, the band tracked each instrument themselves. There’s an intimacy to the noise — guitars bleed into vocal mics, the percussion feels close enough to touch. They embraced imperfection as a creative stance, finding beauty in the rough edges. The result isn’t polished to a mirror shine; it pulses like skin.
‘It’s a Trap!’ captures that energy in full force. Written by Vidal and produced by Motta, the track is an anthem for anyone who’s ever been cornered by circumstance but found rhythm in resistance. Born during personal crises — family illness, injury, and a near wipeout of their music from streaming platforms — the song became a reclamation. A bright guitar riff cuts through like a flare, carrying a chorus that feels both defiant and cathartic.
Vidal describes the song as his punch back — a refusal to surrender to burnout or fear. The lyrics acknowledge the weight, but the groove never falters. “There are traps everywhere — in our minds, our routines, our fears,” he says. “You just have to laugh and keep moving forward.” The result is equal parts frustration and freedom — a sonic paradox that defines Lost Pitch as their most compelling.
If ‘It’s a Trap!’ is the spark, ‘Bumpy Ride’ is the wildfire. Mastered at Abbey Road Studios in London by Frank Arkwright (Oasis, The Smiths, Blur), the twelve-track album is restless and expansive. It moves between roaring walls of guitar and quiet, haunted spaces, threading through pop instincts, psychedelic textures, and emotional weight. Each track feels like a scene from an unfinished film — vivid, imperfect, real.
The band’s DIY recording process gave the record its raw pulse. “We tracked everything ourselves — drums, strings, brass, vocals,” says Vidal. Without the safety net of a studio machine, they leaned into experimentation. “The chaos actually became part of the sound.” That tension — between precision and unpredictability — defines ‘Bumpy Ride’ both as a title and a philosophy.
Visually, the album’s artwork — a woman falling from a carousel horse — mirrors the collision of balance and collapse that runs through the record. Designed by Vidal and Daniel D’Avila, the image captures the sense of motion that threads through every Lost Pitch release. It’s poetic, slightly unsettling, and exactly what the band wanted: a reflection of a world in flux that still finds its rhythm.
‘It’s a Trap!’ and ‘Bumpy Ride’ mark a defining moment for Lost Pitch — a band embracing risk, emotion, and noise with fearless intent. The music doesn’t chase perfection; it finds clarity in the crash. For Vidal, Motta, Santos, and Mine, this debut isn’t just a statement. It’s a lifeline — one that pulls beauty from disorder and turns turbulence into sound.