Grapetooth
Grapetooth
Polyvinyl
Dec 14, 2018 Web Exclusive
As if pea-brained synth-pop wasn’t already one of the most embarrassing fads within the ranks of indie dudes for the past decade, Chicago’s Grapetooth prove that things can always be much, much worse. A duo consisting of Twin Peaks’s Clay Frankel and the lesser known Chris Bailoni (Home-Sick), Grapetooth make flat, directionless pop music that too heavily relies on a synthesizer and, when they get sick of poking those, somehow spit out something that resembles “folk” music.
Their self-titled Polyvinyl debut, Grapetooth, is precisely what its name suggests: the physical and audial aftermath of one too many bottles of Trader Joe’s red wine. In the process of such, Frankel and Bailoni belch out some of the most vacant and cringe-worthy lyrics possible-on “Mile After Mile” the highlights happen to be “walking in the rain/remembering her name/something must’ve changed,” followed by “you know it’s been a while/since I’ve made a smile.” Priceless. On “Together” the duo sound like a pair of high schoolers who just read their first Bukowski book: “there’s often a bottle/in my terrible hand.” The band carve out jungle-beat rhythms on “Imagine On,” where the protagonist is “so rock n’ roll,” and never smiles.
Grapetooth are all style, no substance—the album’s hopelessly nostalgic fishcam lens cover shot, the twee synth leads, the empty, half-assed vocal melodies. The worst part? Grapetooth lasts 40 minutes.
Grapetooth has one singular, saving moment, “Death,” but apart from that the band are riding the wave that Twin Peaks created nearly six years ago, taking up space for fresh, bright-eyed Chicago newcomers such as Girl K, Faux Furrs, Uma Bloo, and Engine Summer. With this debut, Grapetooth prove exactly why their adopted style died off years ago. (www.grapetooth.bandcamp.com)
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