Don't let the name Purple Sticky Punch fool you, because even if the moniker of this U.K. based outfit may be questionable, the conviction and content of their music definitely is not. Smashing together pieces of sharp Dillinger Escape Plan reminiscent raw energy with screamo styled vocals, blistering metal riffs and a wealth of off timed song structures, this band avoid the bulk of today's more common genre tags as they thrash out a visceral blend of dynamic hardcore based aggression.

Fast paced suffocating screams make up for the bulk of the bands vocal contributions, but there are also times when a more introspective and emotional tone comes to play, bordering somewhere along the emocore guidelines, yet avoiding the typical soft to hard progressions in order to ensure that the music stays reckless and enraged. The guitar work is fairly stripped down and mathy styled, jutting out gritty riffs underneath a thin abrasive coat of distortion which serves them well as they launch off into careening screeches and grinds, slow groove heavy chugging, melodic drawn out chords and just about everything else. The bass playing also tends to take the offensive as a result, laying down dense punchy grooves that fit snugly in-between the rapid fire guitar work and the violent drumming which freely changes styles and timings to accommodate the bands fiery song writing style.

Perhaps its due to the fact that this outfit are from the U.K. that they sound distanced from the bulk of today's up and coming hardcore based acts. Where as a lot of bands in the underground hardcore influenced scene tend to take too much direction from a certain group or style, P>S>P instead take various bits and pieces and mix it all up in a style that ultimately becomes their own. Vicious and unrelenting at times and strangely emotional and inviting at others, they maintain a chaotic blend that exerts enough control over itself to invoke an explosive cathartic release through both in your face intensity and reflective emotion. That said though, their songs tend to feel a bit under developed and if they accentuated their contrasting part changes with a bit more finesse and depth, they could surely make a much fuller and encompassing impact. The production is also a bit muddy and the guitars can seem to get lost in the fray as a result, a factor which detracts from the overall enjoyment of this disc more than once. Like most independent releases, there's room for improvement on, "Too Fine Line", but unlike most independent releases there's also an interesting and innovative sound on display here that could easily take this band places if they can refine it a touch and effectively put a bit more weight behind their proverbial punch.