TINSEL TEETH - TRASH AS THE TROPHY (LOAD 127)

TINSEL TEETH ARE A NEW (CONTEMPORARY TO THE RELEASE) PROVIDENCE BAND THAT PLOUGH THAT LOAD RECORDS SUBTEXT OF VAGUELY BIRTHDAY PARTY-ISH POST-PUNK/NOISE-ROCK. IN FACT THEY REALLY REALLY REMIND ME OF RICHMOND, VA BAND SEVEN HEARTS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO AMERICANS WHO HEAR THE BIRTHDAY PARTY BUT IT TRANSMITS THAT SOUND INTO SOMETHING MORE "ALCOHOLIC FARMER ON A SPREE KILL" BUT I LIKE IT.

THEY'RE ALTOGETHER MORE FRANTIC THAN THE LANGUID BIRTHDAY PARTY TO BE HONEST. ALSO, OF POSSIBLE INTEREST, IS THAT TINSEL TEETH HAVE A FEMALE SINGER WHO DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A TYPICAL FEMALE SINGER (EVEN IN THE DOMAIN OF AVANT/WEIRD GUITAR MUSIC). IN FACT SHE SOUNDS QUITE A LOT LIKE DAVID YOW DURING A DENTAL EXTRACTION. THERE'S ALSO A POSSIBLE COMPARISON TO ITALIAN GROUP LUCERTULAS TO BE MADE BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST A SMARTASS COMPARISON. BOTH GOOD BANDS THOUGH!

I'D FILE THIS ALONGSIDE BUSINESS LADY AS BANDS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT APPROACHING CONVENTIONALITY (THERE ARE MELODIES AND SONG-STRUCTURES IN THERE) THROUGH CHAOS. BOTH SOUND LIKE THEY'D BE FUN LIVE AND PRETTY WILD AND THEIR RECORDS BRING IT SOLIDLY WITHOUT BEING COMPLETELY MINDBLOWING.