Introducing: Milk Teeth

About to head out on tour with Birmingham's JAWS, Milk Teeth are a four-piece grunge punk band from Bristol. They currently have two singles and an EP online, which are loud and angsty and feature the shouty (yet pleasant) vocals of frontman Josh Bannister. When bassist Becky Blomfield also takes the vocal reins, it creates a sound reminiscent of female-led Wolf Alice (see Swear Jar for instance), until Josh appears again to shower the listener with the remnants of his vocal chords once more. (Forty Six is a nice example).

The band cite their influences as "Wide and varied; from the obvious grunge bands like Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, to stuff like Slowdive, Elvis Presley... and we all love a good catchy pop song!" Clearly the grunge is the most obvious influence; shown via their prominent drums and twisting guitars in tracks like newest single Vitamins:



In an interview with thrashhits.com, they say that the band formed when Josh and drummer Olly wrote a 3-track EP, sent it to guitarist Chris who agreed to join the band, then hired their friend Becky as a bassist because, "You know bands have those". Turns out hiring her was a good decision, as the male/female vocal split works really well against their grungy backdrop. I like this band, and I think a sound like theirs would be even better live than on record. Good thing they're playing soon in a town near you...

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Written by Molly McGrath