Pianos Become the Teeth - Filial
I’ve become less accustomed to bands that have vocalists that tend to generally scream throughout most of their songs especially if they sound like their balls haven’t dropped yet, as most of the bands I’ve grown up with have moved away from this pattern. Only some bands can pull it off right; Brand New, Norma Jean, Misery Signals, Glassjaw to name a few. But with Kyle Durfey, vocalist of Pianos Become the Teeth I’ve grown to appreciate the angst he has with his vocals. There’s something about the delivery of it that just hits something in my brain and I can feel that sense of desperation which is definitely a hit or miss with bands nowadays (mainly if your band has a screaming vocalist, you wear bright neon shirts, your hair is everywhere and you have a synth player who’s basically a cheerleader at your shows I tend to cross them off.)
I can feel the slow transition of music I always make between spring/summer and fall/winter seeping in again.
Pianos Become the Teeth - Such Confidence
Taken from their new album The Lack Long After
Just sit down, and let it be, if only today, if only for me, that day, what exactly were you selling, preach? It’s misery, these screaming dreams, you see, we all gotta get so broken eventually and most shouldn’t strut around with such confidence because most of the time, your feet are the same whether he’s there or not, and most of the time, my feet were the same whether you were here or not, and i take it hard, i take it to heart, and it tears me apart and i get so tired in that 3 o’clock sun, it grows right on time, right in front of me, i’ve seen some days, and in some ways, i’m always in and out of living in the now but it sheds years when you smell the cedar, Explain to me, i wish i could find a god’s teeth to grit them for him i’d cut off his ears, put them to my heart, he’d hear me break, i’d make it obvious to see, show him a face like water frozen over, a face that’s absorbed everything, show him it was the wrong day, show him that i’ve seen my reach, explain to me, just sit down, let it be, if only today, if only for me I’ve tried to forget what was said after the fact, I’m talking to my own soul, I bottle these potent thoughts, I’m not obtuse anymore, I’m not talking to anyone, I’m not a door anymore explain to me, honestly, I don’t know if I’d believe if you walked right on time, right in front of me.
This is speaking volumes to me right now.
