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PSOTY
four musicians in the forest
PSOTY in April 2019. From left to right: Steve McKenna, Dale Vinten, Scott Gowan and Adrian Lawson.
Background information
Also known as
  • P S O T Y
  • Pet Slimmers of the Year
OriginPeterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
Genres
DiscographyPSOTY discography
Years active2008–present (on hiatus since 2019)
Labels
Members
  • Scott Gowan
  • Steve McKenna
  • Dale Vinten
  • Adrian Lawson

PSOTY (originally known as Pet Slimmers of the Year) is an English post-metal/post-rock band from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.[4][5][3] The musical group was founded in January 2008, by guitarist and vocalist Scott Gowan, bass guitarist Steve McKenna, and drummer Dale Vinten,[6][7][8] who had previously played together in the progressive/post-rock band A Thousand Fires.[9][10] Second guitarist Adrian Lawson joined the band in October 2016. The band took its name from an annual award listed in the Schott's Almanac reference book.[9][10] In August 2014, the band's named was shortened to the acronym PSOTY, taken from the initials of Pet Slimmers of the Year.[2][10]

After recording a couple of demos (later released as the EP Why Won't You Die), the band released its eponymous EP in January 2009,[11][12] followed by the ...And the Sky Fell EP in June 2010, both on the British netlabel Lost Children Net Label.[13][14] Both Lost Children Net Label EPs were later re-issued on CDs by the band.[15][16] Pet Slimmers of the Year contributed the exclusive song "Brujas" to the Canadian record label Abridged Pause Recordings' Various Artists compilation Diluvian Temperals, which was released in August 2009.[17][18][10] The band later contributed another exclusive song, "Untitled," to Abridged Pause Recordings' Various Artists compilation Billowing Tempestus.[10][19]

In August 2013, Pet Slimmers of the Year released the single "Days Since I Disappeared" through Anchor Music,[7][5] on the strength of which the band was signed to a three-album deal by British extreme metal record label Candlelight Records.[4][20] The song later appeared on the record label's Various Artists compilation Candlelight Records Presents: Legion III, released in April 2014.[21] The band's debut full-length album, Fragments of Uniforms, was first released as a limited edition CD through Anchor Music in October 2013, before it was officially released via Candlelight Records on CD and digitally in April 2014.[22][23] A coloured double-LP version followed on Back on Black Records in June 2014.[22][23]

In 2016, PSTOY joined the Spinefarm Records and Universal Music Group roster,[24] and followed up with its sophomore full-length album, Sunless, released on CD, double-LP and digitally in September 2019.[25][26][27] The album was preceded by the singles "Oil Blood", released in July 2019,[28][29] and "King of Ephyra", released a week ahead of the album in September 2019.[30][31]

Due to the band members living in various countries of Europe at the time Sunless was released (and during its composition), and with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic shortly afterward, PSOTY was unable to tour and only played a single concert to promote the album. The album-release show was held at the Nambucca in London on 7 December 2019. It remains the band's most recent live event, and the band has been put on hold since then.[32][33]

Members

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  • Scott Gowan - guitar, vocals (2008–present)
  • Steve McKenna - bass guitar (2008–present)
  • Dale Vinten - drums (2008–present)
  • Adrian Lawson - guitar (2016–present)

Timeline

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Discography

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Main article: PSOTY discography

Studio albums

EPs

  • Why Won't You Die (self-released, 2008)
  • Pet Slimmers of the Year (Lost Children, 2009)
  • ...And the Sky Fell (Lost Children, 2010)

References

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  2. ^ a b c Santos, José Carlos (24 April 2014). Yardley, Miranda (ed.). "Pet Slimmers of the Year: What's in a Name?". Terrorizer. No. 247. London, England: Dark Arts Ltd.
  3. ^ a b Speer, Matt (16 October 2018). "Sound Bite: PSOTY". Ear Nutrition. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b Bergman, Keith (13 January 2014). "Pet Slimmers of the Year Sign to Candlelight Records". Blabbermouth. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
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  8. ^ Trueman, Gary (4 April 2014). "Spotlight Band: Pet Slimmers of the Year". MetalMouth. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  9. ^ a b Skibeat, John (26 April 2014). "Pet Slimmers of the Year - Fragments of Uniforms (Candlelight)". Ave Noctum. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  10. ^ a b c d e Julien, Alexandre (10 April 2016). "PSOTY Interview". Abridged Pause Recordings. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Pet Slimmers of the Year – Pet Slimmers of the Year EP". TheSirensSound. 26 August 2009. Archived from the original on 6 September 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  12. ^ Rehbein, Peter A. (22 January 2009). "Pet Slimmers of the Year – Drei mal Bestnote". Schallgrenzen. Archived from the original on 27 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  13. ^ Rehbein, Peter A. (29 June 2010). "Pet Slimmers of the Year – …And the Sky Fell". Schallgrenzen. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  14. ^ Masteller, Ryan (6 September 2010). "Crate-Digging: Pet Slimmers of the Year – And the Sky Fell". Critical Masses. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
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  16. ^ Alves, Luis (March 2014). Costa, Joel (ed.). "Pet Slimmers of the Year: Expanding Horizons". Against Magazine. No. 7. Ovar, Portugal: Against Magazine. pp. 24–26 – via Issuu.
  17. ^ Julien, Alexandre (24 August 2009). "Diluvian Temperals (Abridged Pause Recordings)". Abridged Pause Recordings. Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  18. ^ Julien, Alexandre (August 2009). "Pet Slimmers of the Year". Abridged Pause Recordings. Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  19. ^ Julien, Alexandre (5 January 2016). "Abridged Pause Recordings 2016 news update". Abridged Pause Recordings. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  20. ^ Mitsakos, Yiannis (17 January 2014). "Pet Slimmers of the Year: Sign to Candlelight Records". Metal Temple. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  21. ^ Islander (30 April 2014). "Not Quite Free Shit But Still A Good Deal: A New Candlelight Records Sampler ("Legion III")". No Clean Singing. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  22. ^ a b Flack, Christian (27 April 2014). "Pet Slimmers of the Year - Fragments of Uniforms Review". Metal.de. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  23. ^ a b Shrum, Tony (3 April 2014). "Exclusive Stream: Pet Slimmers of the Year – "Mare Imbrium"". New Noise Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  24. ^ Jackson, Aaron (30 July 2019). ""We're all about the feels." – PSOTY". Wave Byte. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  25. ^ Lawson, Dom (15 September 2019). "Reviews: PSOTY - Sunless (Candlelight / Spinefarm)". Blabbermouth. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  26. ^ Milligan, Shaun (11 September 2019). "PSOTY - "Sunless"". Everything Is Noise. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  27. ^ Rodrigues, Luis (4 August 2019). "Album Review: PSOTY – Sunless". The Moshville Times. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  28. ^ Weaver, James (30 July 2019). "PSOTY announce new album 'Sunless'". Distorted Sound Magazine. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  29. ^ Speer, Matt (30 July 2019). "P S O T Y - 'Oil Blood' (Single) + 'Sunless' Pre-Order". Ear Nutrition. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  30. ^ "Listen: 'King of Ephyra' by PSOTY". Aural Aggravation. 10 September 2019. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  31. ^ Khechoyan, Anna (10 September 2019). "PSOTY Share New Single 'King of Ephyra'". Candlelight Records. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  32. ^ Castles, Paul (17 September 2019). "PSOTY – Sunless". The Midlands Rocks. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  33. ^ "7th December | Hundred Year Old Man / E-L-R (CH) / PSOTY / Flies Are Spies From Hell + DJs". Chaos Theory Music. 22 July 2019. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
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