Over the past year, the band has toured with Ethel Cain and amassed tens of millions of streams. Now Teethe has announced a new record, Magic of the Sale, that is due for release on Aug. 8, via Los Angeles-based label Winspear. It is available for pre-order now.
The album’s lead single (the title track) is, unsurprisingly, an entrancing listen. A reverb-intensive chord progression pervades throughout the song, with a rather inhibited hi-hat at its rhythmic command. Lead vocalist Madeline Dowd’s voice blends perfectly with these instrumentals, which layer with a cello and a Beach House-esque synth melody by the time the song crescendos to its chorus.
Two and a half minutes into the song, it ends on an ethereal note with an ambient, percussion-less passage that is sure to appeal to those who feel Brian Eno reached his peak in 1978.
That the members of Teethe have achieved this particular quality of dreaminess in their sound is no surprise. After all, the band was formed in the wake of predecessor bands such as Dead Sullivan and Crisman, each of whom were fixtures of Denton’s pre-pandemic music scene (Dowd was in the latter, and Teethe cofounder Boone Patrello was in the former.) Teethe’s pedigree of Denton DIY cred continues from there, with Grahm Robinson (MAH KEE OH, Fishboy) and Jordan Garrett (Crisman, Hat Hair) also comprising the band.
Those among us who have seen the members in action throughout some of Denton’s coziest living rooms have long known, but now that the secret of Teethe is out for the whole world to hear. The band just announced a headline tour in support of Magic of the Sale. The tour will stop through Denton at Rubber Gloves, an old stomping ground, on Saturday, Oct. 18. Tickets for the general sale are available on May 9. This will be their last show before they play Pitchfork Music Festival’s London offshoot.
“Magic of the Sale” is accompanied by a music video directed by Ben Turok, which you can see below.
