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Little Teeth - Japanese Candy.

A lot of people traffic in insanity. A lot of bands try to sound like that moment when you’re all by yourself and you sing some gibberish shit to yourself. I hear it more and more, especially from bands that just have one member. And most of the time it just doesn’t work for me. It seems like it should really just be kept to themselves. But little Teeth here have really found a way to do it right. They’re like an acoustic version of the Mae Shi back when Ezra was still in the band — the type of sound that’s just camped out on the edge and not worried about that stiff breeze about to blow. This is the sound of three people going fucking nuts by themselves in San Francisco, and god if that isn’t the truth.

Parts of the album are singalong sufjan glory. Other parts are dark, desperate grasps for air. It’s all well-recorded and in the spirit of fun catharsis without being overly annoying or self-indulgent. That’s pretty refreshing. I bet the live show is real fucking hootenanny.

So Little Teeth. They’re from SF. They’ve got a new album called Child Bearing Man. It’s going to be released by our old friends at Absolutely Kosher on the 9th of September, which isn’t all that far away when you think about it. It’s one of the more surprising records I’ve heard this summer, and it’s highly recommended.