Grapetooth

Grapetooth
Origin Chicago, Illinois
Genres new wave, indie rock, synth-pop
Years active 2015 (2015)–present
Labels Polyvinyl
Associated acts Twin Peaks
Members
  • Clay Frankel
  • Chris Bailoni

Grapetooth is Chicago-based new wave-influenced duo. The project, which consists of Clay Frankel and Chris Bailoni, was started in 2015.

Career

Twin Peaks member Clay Frankel and Chris Bailoni, also known as Chicago producer Home-sick, met in 2012 through mutual friends. Three years later in 2015, the two bonded over similar musical tastes while out a bar and made a resolution to create music together. Frankel and Bailoni stumbled into the group’s sound after writing their first single, “Trouble.”[1] Calling the project Grapetooth as a reference to Frankel’s wine consumption, the duo began playing and gathering attention at wild-mannered shows in Chicago. Grapetooth shared their second single, “Violent” in May of 2018[2] and they are set to release their debut album on Polyvinyl Records.[3]

Musical style

Noisey describes their single “Violent” as an earworm where “synths bubble over a pulsing drum machine and a bouncy Cure-like guitar riff.”[4] Frankel and Bailoni cite ‘80s Japanese new wave, Arthur Russell, Spacemen 3, and New Order as major influences.

Discography

Singles
  • "Trouble" (2017)
  • "Violent" (2018)

References

  1. ↑ Sullivan, Samantha. "GRAPETOOTH: "TROUBLE"". Melted Magazine. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Haas, Anna. "Are You "Violent"? Grapetooth Release New Track". Paste. Paste Media Group. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Grapetooth Joins PV Fam". Polyvinyl Records. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Terry, Josh. "Grapetooth Dole Out New Wave Bliss on "Violent"". Noisey. Vice. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
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