Fans will always worry that bands who constantly put out material will drain themselves of fresh ideas, and that certainly could have been the case with Promise Nothing for Transit, the band’sthird release in under nine months. Promise Nothing may however be the band’s best release to date in terms of sound and progression.
 
Within the first seconds of “Take What You Can,” it is clear that Transit’ musicianship has grown as guitars, courtesy of Tim Landers, branch into previously unchartered territory for the band that will draw instant comparisons to Midwestern emo/punk influences like American Football. Joe Boynton’s vocals instantly make the track better and quickly become the bright spot of the whole 7” as he sings, “It’s so hard to explain // How we can be so different // When everyone’s the same.”
 
“I’ve Never Told That To Anyone” is the most diverse song Transit have ever released and is also the longest, charting in just under five minutes. The guitar work throughout the track is absolutely stunning with scattered harmonics to make it the driving force behind Promise Nothing as a whole. The writing in the song also mirrors much of the newer material featured on Something Left Behind as the line, “And it’s a cruel twist of fate // How much we lose ourselves // To find someone else” seems to fit in nicely with “Indoor Voices.”
 
Promise Nothing not only marks Transit’s Rise Records debut but is also a glimpse into the future as well. As the band slowly branches out of their comfort level of touring with partners like The Wonder Years and Man Overboard, it might be very possibly to see Transit leading their section of the scene in the not too distant future, honoring and reviving the much-missed Midwestern emo/punk sound of the early-2000’s.
 
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