Ferocious Fucking Teeth - s/t |
I love when a CT band that I dig puts out a new record. I love it even more when that record is one of the better records I've heard over the last year or so. So is the case with Ferocious Fucking Teeth.
I had the pleasure of seeing New London's Ferocious Fucking Teeth open a show at Daniel Street in Milford (R.I.P.) last year. I remember watching this collective of artists rip through a scathing set of doom infused noise rock and being completely blown away. But I also thought to myself afterward, 'how in the hell is this band going to get that live energy to translate on a full length record?' I mean really there might only be one guy in the whole world who knows what to do with a band of this ilk and that would be Steve Albini, right? So what did they do? They just went to Chicago and recorded with Steve Albini of course (yes, THAT Steve Albini who's worked with The Pixies, PJ Harvey, Neurosis, etc., etc., etc.)
So when the blanket of fuzzed out Albini production is pulled back, what do you have? You have a band completely at the top of their game. Their influences are varied and sometimes obvious - Melvins, Big Business, Unsane, Big Black, etc. - but knowing well in advance what musical tree you are picking this fruit from doesn't diminish its impact on you as a listener. This record absolutely pummels the listener with an unrelenting assault of heaviness. Tracks like "Fuck On A Weeknight", for example, will get fans of bands like Electric Wizard and EyeHateGod excited. There's a lot to love about this album from the songwriting to the production to the artwork. Highly recommended for fans of any of the aforementioned bands and then some.
