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You should go to Fluff Fest.
Chatting with Adrian Leben.
Title FightFloral Green
2012
1. "Numb, But I Still Feel It"
2. "Leaf"
3. "Like a Ritual"
4. "Secret Society"
5. "Head in the Ceiling Fan"
6. "Make You Cry"
7. "Sympathy"
8. "Frown"
9. "Calloused"
10. "Lefty"
11. "In-Between"
Pianos Become The TeethKeep You
2014
1. “Ripple Water Shine”
2. ”April”
3. “Lesions”
4. ”Old Jaw”
5. “Repine”
6. ”Late Lives”
7. “Enamor Me”
8. ”Traces”
9. “The Queen”
10. ”Say Nothing”
Pianos Become The TeethThe Lack Long After
2011
1. “I'll Be Damned”
2. ”Good Times”
3. “Shared Bodies”
4. ”Such Confidence”
5. “Liquid Courage”
6. ”Spine”
7. “Sunsetting”
8. ”I'll Get By”
FrameworksSmall Victories
2013
1. “Ida”
2. ”Sewn”
3. “Model Homes”
4. ”Old Chokes”
Ruined FamiliesBlank Language
2013
1. “Only Need Is Real”
2. ”To New Parents”
3. “208”
4. ”Easy Livin'”
5. “Human Fence”
6. ”Nature's Worst”
7. “Definition In Paradox”
8. ”Books As Weapons”
9. “Pedestal”
On 31/1/15 I got the chance to see one of my all-time favourite bands. Pianos
Become The Teeth are a 5 piece Baltimore rock band. You could argue that
Pianos Become The Teeth (or PBTT) are a concept band. All 3 of their LPs
revolve around the Frontman’s (Kyle Durfey) struggle and acceptance of the
death of his father that suffered from Multiple Sclerosis. There is a sense
of progression through Kyle’s emotions through their discography, with their
first LP “Old Pride” focusing mostly on the effects of the sickness on his
family and the relationship between him and his father. At this stage the
sound of the band was not fully developed, sometimes reminding the listener a
little too clear of their influences, but the emphasis was mostly on the
brutally honest lyrics that has made PBTT stand out from the crowd. Their
second, harsher sounding, LP “The Lack Long After”, we find the sublime agony
and despair after Kyle’s father passed away. This album features some of the
saddest lyrics Ive ever seen on any album. The pain is addressed directly
with heavy usage of words such as pain, agony, sick etc. The album’s cover is
a representation of the bed that Kyle’s father died in. The Album ends with
the ironically titled “Ill Get By”. Their third LP “Keep You” we find a
calmer sounding PTTB with the screaming being replaced by clean vocals and
more melodic guitars. Here Kyle is revisiting memories he spent with his
father, and even asks him questions, he knows are going to be left unan-
swered.
To put it simply. I fucking love this band.
The concert kicked off with “Ripple Water Shine” and carried on with almost
all of their 3rd release “Keep You” LP, with some of their old songs in
between (Hiding, Ill Get By, Ill Be Damned). Kyle presence was ethereal and
all of the members seemed to enjoy the show as much as the day before in a
different city. Now, At this stage I was reminded why I love going to these
shows. It’s so hard to find genres that are humble and honest these days. Let
alone the shows themselves are being masked with dancing bodies, giant moving
robots or shit like that. We have musicians turned to gods. With 100 lights
focusing on them, and two megascreens for you to experience his experience
through the experience of watching a show through a 4inch screen.
Shows like this are a ritual, a pit of deep soul cleansing, a primitive
dance washing away the stress and misery. We stop celebrating individuality
and become anonymous ragdolls full of energy. We jump, we fall, we hold, we
hug. It is a baptism through sweat and tears. It is a safe haven, where
honesty is a headlight and we deers. I could be going on for 4 pages full of
metaphors, and examples on how to describe the feeling of a show like this.
But the bitter through is that you have to go to one to know.
A RiTUal.
Some Natures Catch No Plagues
Saetia
[I]
Smiled that kind of icy blue smile of a noonday
Reckoning, the tied together two of tell-tale pictures
I've sketched in sand castle plots and plans. similar
Starting points, both for sin and shooting blanks. but
It's always the unseen sharp pang; the awkward rhythm
Of the dance like a tick-tock clock in that heart of
Hearts repeating, "there is no happy here, there is no
Happy here..." devil may care touches trickled down
Spine, thigh, and breast may never truly illuminate
The finer art of heartwork.
[II]
I was turning over with the sheets, and facing the
Arched back thinking of how my eyes, half-opened,
Caught her arm moving from side to side, but never to
Me. it's all connected by blank words to tell empty
Promises of clumsy miscommunication. so we say what we
Will, to see what we may, to find a Biblical knowing
Enfolded within the next few hours. it's too bad, too
Tragic... I spent myself choking on the motions
Leading up to said misfortune.
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