By Madi Briggs
London-based Tooth prove that garage rock is back, and it’s bigger and better than ever before, with their debut single The Age of Innocence.
Having already opened stages for big name bands including Keo and Brigitte Calls Me Baby, their latest firecracker The Age of Innocence proves that the band are beginning to make a name for themselves in their own right.
Clinging onto love and kissing goodbye to youth, frontman Tom Pollock states “It was written almost as an epilogue for my adolescence…this song felt like the start and the end of something indefinable,” and you can certainly hear what Pollock was getting at – the crossroads of maturity that the young lads find themselves at.
The message is relatable, it speaks to everyone, not only through the single’s powerful lyrics: “when I only liked her because she looked just like you / and heartache is hardest to hide / but I didn’t think youth would be this complicated” but also through the band’s unique sound.
From Pollock’s and Ben Ashley’s ferocious guitars, it’s clear to see that The Age of Innocence was one of those songs designed specifically to be played live, shouted back by crowds that have packed venues to the brim.
The track is produced by Kev Jones (who’s previously worked with indie legends including Wunderhorse), so of course the energy remains high throughout, with Roy Lowe’s rolling drum beat and Charlie Arnison’s incredibly smooth bass doing most of the heavy lifting, making for an immediately catchy listen.
Ambitious and wonderfully themselves, The Age of Innocence makes it astoundingly clear why you need to sink your teeth into these rising stars now before they absolutely explode onto wider music scenes.
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