Teeth of england
Teeth of England is a musical endeavor from the mind of Dave Sinclair, an artist and long time punk rocker currently residing in Carolina Beach, NC. For Serrated Cuts Dave came to Memphis to record in collaborator Seth Moody's basement with fellow Memphis garage sluggers Jack Oblivian and Jason Rice. There's more where this came from, along with live performances...
Black & Wyatt Records co-released the record with Ghost Highway Recordings in Madrid, Spain
reviews
"Garage" would be the catch all for this, I reckon, but there is a lot more going on beyond that. Sure the instrumentation and production aren't Beyonce bank busting' level, but everything's clear 'n' coherent and the songs themselves evince hints of psych-rock, '70's rock, zydeco, and maybe bits of Subway Sect or early Talking Heads for good measure mashed in with the aforementioned garage sensibilities. Nice diversity of sounds coupled with a singer who sounds like he is just on this side of unhinged. Good listen. Jimmy Alvarado - Razorcake | READ
Dave Sinclair is a North Carolina musician, but he’s teamed up with Memphis players as Teeth of England. With a band that includes Bluff City mainstay Jack Oblivian on drums, Serrated Cuts is ten tracks of rough-and-ready rock’n’roll. If your tastes run toward early r’n’r crossed with an aesthetic familiar to fans of Like Flies on Sherbert and, say, Tav Falco’s Panther Burns, then this is for you. There’s a very tangible live-in-the-studio vibe throughout, and Sinclair’s vocals often sound like they’ve been run through a Green Bullet mic. Seth Moody is the invaluable utility man here, playing bass, keyboards, guitar and – most notably – honking saxophone. The sound of Serrated Cuts suggests that making the record didn’t take a whole lot longer than it’ll take you to listen to it. Writing the songs probably took longer. Everyone involved sounds like they’re having fun making the thing, and that energy translates to this affably shambolic set of songs.-Musoscribe | READ
The new Memphis Band project presents ten brash and at times theatrical garage rock & roll punk songs with their very own touch on their debut LP. In addition to a certain psycho touch from the slightly British-sounding punk rock singer Dave Sinclair, who is the only one in the band who lives in Carolina Beach (NC), a very smooth saxophone by Seth Moody (Jack Oblivian Band, The Sheiks) reliably appears. Which in turn contributes a nice bass (sometimes more punk, sometimes more soulful), the keys and guitar to the recordings. Memphis legend Jack Oblivian plays drums and Jason Rice guitar. A lyric sheet would be really helpful for the album to better understand the mostly cynical lyrics ("God Maker", "Coming Home"). In addition to the typical ingredients of Memphis garage bands, gospel and singing melodies can be heard like from children's rhymes. All the songs are rather sporty, while the extroverted singer likes to work himself and the listener into a bit of madness through constant repetition of words. Definitely not a record to listen to while knitting because you're always starting over. The album is a cooperation between Black & Wyatt Records (Memphis) and Ghost Highway Records (Madrid), but it could easily have been released on Damaged Goods Records (London). Tip! - Dresdner Kulturmagazin | READ