Cut Teeth is a band whose formation came out of plain necessity. As each member’s previous bands (The Felix Culpa, Stay Ahead of the Weather, Red Knife Lottery, Monday’s Hero) either dissolved or began to hibernate, the need for a new outlet became more and more urgent – that same urgency has acted as a catalyst for the music made by this Chicago four-piece.
When the band decided to begin writing songs together in early 2011, it was without any specific intentions or pretense other than to simply put the sort of songs into the world that they’d all been wanting to hear. The result resembles an aggressively angular, riff-laden amalgamation of four distinct personalities, venturing into varying levels of calculated disarray with bookish commentary and an occasional hook.
In early 2012, Cut Teeth self-released its debut EP, Televandalism. After garnering some positive whispers about town, the EP fell into the laps of Kevin and Seth at Topshelf Records, who graciously gave it a proper digital and vinyl release in the summer of the same year. The band’s full-length debut is to be expected in the fall of 2014. At that time, it is recommended that you put on the headphones, do whatever it is that you do to unwind, and enjoy.
