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Bitter Branches have released “Pity Party,” the latest single to be lifted from the Friday, March 6 release of Let’s Give the Land Back to the Animals, the Philadelphia-based post-hardcore band’s forthcoming album produced by the legendary J. Robbins (Jawbox, Burning Airlines). “‘Pity Party’ is about how we’ve mechanized and normalized cruelty,” vocalist Tim Singer said. “It definitely comes from a vegan point of view, but ultimately it’s a human point of view that questions everything from meat-eating to capitalism and consumerism. Somehow I’m made out to be weird or extreme for giving a shit about things like cruelty and murder.” 

While the band’s 2022 debut, Your Neighbors Are Failures, introduced Bitter Branches to the world, Let’s Give the Land Back to the Animals sees its members — vocalist Tim Singer (Deadguy, Kiss It Goodbye), drummer Jeff Tirabassi (Walleye), guitarists Matt Ryan (Cavalry) and Kevin Sommerville (Lighten Up!), and bassist/vocalist Dan Yemin (Paint It Black, Kid Dynamite, Lifetime) — getting dark, moodier and more introspective. From the ominous syncopation of the album’s opener “Rat Poison” to the discordant dirge of the closing track “Here Comes the Chisel,” Let’s Give the Land Back to the Animals has as much in common with Black Flag as it does the Amphetamine Reptile roster.