More about: Cheap Teeth

If there’s any recent release that would make you dig deep into your (shallow) pockets to support your local grassroots venue, it’s the new EP from Cheap Teeth. This sound brilliantly captures their seething live presence, and so will have you yearning for the days of cradling a pint in a low-ceiling venue, with nondescript sticky splats on the ceiling telling stories of years passed.

Grinding, relentlessly filthy garage/post-punk is unleashed on this latest EP from the Scottish outfit. Audibly influenced by the foundations of early 80s post punk, though on this EP they’ve carved themselves a distinctive niche in this piping hot post-punk genre, taking themselves a rung higher than hiding behind lo-fi noise. Dense knots of agitated guitars, prominent baselines and ominous vocals sit atop a sludgy groove, that swell and recede massively to build that tension and sense of unease so synonymous with post-punk. Lead singer Joe Laycock expands on the release: “The EP is a reflection of our strange encounters with people as a band, and a celebration of these experiences.”

"It’s been our first time working with producer Chris McCrory [Catholic Action, Savage Mansion, Walt Disco] at Glasgow’s infamous Chem 19 studios - and it was great to work in the same place that a load of great Scottish acts have recorded, such as Mogwai, Arab Strap and many more. The aim was step away from our previous lo-fi approach to production and  bring through as much of our live presence as possible - I’m chuffed to bits with how it turned out.”

As well as the first single 'The Wind And The Rain', the closing track on the EP 'Belly of the Beast' is one that we feel really encapsulates the passion behind our music, especially when the outro builds into a full call to arms.”

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More about: Cheap Teeth