Yeah. I think it's pitched. That's why you can't identify Rita. Even his vocals sound a little different from usual.
Anyway, I like the snippets so far. "Better Than You" and "Lift Off" are great, but "Another One" is my favourite so far. It sounds like a really cohesive album, even though I shouldn't be judging it by little snippets. I usually don't like artists who have the whole "teen sensation" vibe to them, but Connor's music is actually quite good and more adult. He has a lot of potential to become a really credible artist. I think he even co-writes a lot of his songs.
I checked out the stream cause of the Rita song and I gotta say the whole EP sounds pretty damn good and this is coming from someone who doesn't even like him.