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Blasphemy and Other Serious Crimes, the latest album from the jazz-metal band Pitom, has a title that makes explicit reference to the vidui, or confession\\u2014one of Yom Kippur\\u2019s central prayers. The vidui is a recitation of the many ways in which we sin\\u2014by robbery, by lying, by blasphemy. But while the album may flirt with sin in its raucous approach, it comes from a place of devotion. Yoshie Fruchter, the leader of Pitom, is the son and grandson of cantors, and professes an abiding love for the traditional melodies sung on Yom Kippur. The songs on the album, which was released by John Zorn\\u2019s Tzadik label, are meant to invoke the intense emotions that accompany the holiday\\u2019s centuries-old prayers. The result is rich, loud, and cathartic.

For Vox Tablet, Fruchter and Jeremy Brown, Pitom\\u2019s violinist, played a stripped-down version of the track \\u201cNeilah,\\u201d and they explained to host Sara Ivry why a...

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