Tlooth by Tlooth

Recorded and mixed by Tlooth.
Mastered by Dan Angel.
Cover art by David Henson.
Inside art and layout by Erica Hutchins.

Tape SM072 :: https://strangemono.bandcamp.com/album/tlooth
CD BCR002

Thanks Erica, Bri, Shane, Drew, Seth, Dan A, Nick, D’Arcy, DD, Annie, Sam O, Dan V M, Joni, Sam N, our folks, Anthony, Greg, Catoe, Kyle, Dan T and Jess.

Tlooth splits practices between an off-grid nonagon cabin in the woods and a weather-prone warehouse in the heart of Reading, PA. And that feels right, as they chase both the noise of the city and the serene mystery of untouched forest. Dissonance and melody are the things at play, all in a collapse-ready balance.

Likewise, everything Tlooth is kind of ugly, kind of pretty – even its name; you’ll hear the hiss of tape saturation, an off-the-cuff note, a sharp inhalation. Their debut full-length embraces those artifacts of DIY recordings and tape-machine mastering and succeeds in polishing them just enough to pull in passersby.

Tlooth’s rhythm section is jazz-strong. Their guitars are gnarly; vocals are honest and sweet.

Tlooth takes its name from the absurdist novel by American experimental author Harry Mathews. Like Tlooth (the book), the band strays freely, playing at games that, in the end, may have no purpose past a joke they tell themselves.

RIYL Blonde Redhead, Diabologum, Yo La Tengo, Broken Water, Clinic, Sonic Youth, Silver Jews, early Queens of the Stone Age, Built to Spill, Polvo

/tuh lüth/

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