The Itch "It’s The Hope That Kills You" COLOR:STANDARD And Vitalogy continued the band's

And Vitalogy continued the band's explosive success that began with their debut record Ten in 1991

as well as its follow-up

distortion-heavy comedown to close

and a bit more experimental

The album quickly moves into uncharted territory with the atmospheric "The Ghost of You Lingers" and moves through several different stylistic changes from the explosive "You Got Yr

The Itch "It’s The Hope That Kills You" COLOR:STANDARD And Vitalogy continued the band'sLondon alt pop group The Itch release their debut LP via Fiction and I OH YOU. On Its The Hope That Kills You, Simon Tyrie and Georgia Hardy pair dancefloor filling beats with disenchanted pop songwriting to create something that nods to electroclash, indie rock and europop while remaining entirely singular. The Itch are both a product of and the antidote to an age of pessimism. Think Talking Heads, Think prime DFA records. Think absolutely essential.