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"With its carefully layered melodies and confessional lyrics, it demands your full attention ... in an age when female vocalists so often fall into categories, like coffee shop kitsch or airbrushed studio pop, La Pieta's Rachel sounds like the sweet-faced girl next door ... La Pieta's male-female vocals achieve a familiar indie aesthetic demonstrated by the likes of Mates of State, but the fact that their lyrics and their delivery are so heartfelt and personal--this sets La Pieta apart." -- SPLENDID For the last six years, Brooklyn's La Pieta have slowly but surely dug their way into the indie-pop subconscious. The trio's stripped-down pop sets, delicate boy/girl vocals, and meandering guitars lie against a bubbling undercurrent of dark themes. Their latest release, the Inside Out EP, is their tightest and most confident collection yet. Following a handful of self-released CDs and East Coast shows, La Pieta hooked up with Contraphonic Music for a reissue of their debut, Summer, which earned spectacular reviews and quickly sold out. Certain to build upon that success, the five songs on Inside Out play like call-and-response love letters--cunning confessionals sprinkled with pop morsels. At a brisk twenty minutes, Inside Out is a kiss that's over too soon but remembered much longer, leaving a lingering thirst for more.