Bitterside
Bitterside
Birkirkara, MT
Pop / Alternative
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Bitterside, have always been described by many as a band, which writes catchy songs, that anyone can sing-a-long and relate to easily. In fact a year after the band's birth, 2001, the band focused only in writing hit songs. Bitterside churned out hits such as ‘Fire in my pockets', ‘Drop of wine' and ‘Fear (the fast song)' to name a few. The boys gigged a lot, particularly in 2004 where ‘Somehow Different', Bitterside's debut album, was released. An album with pop rock tilted guitars, sweet harmonies and packed with sing-a-long melodies. It sold relatively well and even won the band a Best Band award at the BMA awards in 2004. Bitterside created a high profile for themselves and their music.
By October 2005, the band completed their heavy gigging schedule and concentrated only in writing new material, which had to be fresh and innovative. Daniel had a lot of material up his sleeve and the rest of the band, listened to the new ideas for a whole month before dedicating themselves on particular songs. This was quite a rough time for the band because nobody was actually sure what the new material had to sound like. There was quite some tension and collision of opinions in the band's studio. Then came ‘Shutters'. When Daniel played the song to the rest of the band, the boys realised that it was something special and immediately started working on the song's production and ended up recording a mighty song, which demonstrates Daniel's emotional song writing capabilities and the rest of the band's skill of adapting their sound to it. The new sound marked a new era for the band and gave them a sign that all they wanted to do is to write heart-felt, personal tunes that soothe the soul. ‘Shutters' was released in June 2006 and presented the band with a whole new image and musical direction. The fans realised that Bitterside's sound and song-writing have matured and the band was showered with extremely positive emails on their website and their myspace portal. Besides, ‘Shutters' managed to climb up to number 6 on the XFM top 40. The song was also described as anthemic since during the band's live appearances the song was a favourite and sometimes the band ended up playing it three times!
After the successful run of ‘Shutters' the band released ‘Vs Life', a song, which more or less is more of a lament to God about an undeserved life. The song also received a lot of radio airplay and also landed another best band award for the band. Thus one can easily say that the boys ended up 2006 in style!
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