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Local CD review: English Teeth ‘Two’
A quick “Howdy, remember us?” following an attention-grabbing debut EP, “Two” is a nice sub-eight minutes reminder of what this Austin Brit-garage-pop outfit does so well. The first cut, “Dear Caesar,” starts out at top speed as a three-note keyboard lick bubbles underneath crunchy guitars and singer Kevin Hoetger yelps about “bending silly notes,” “swinging for fences” and other stuff that doesn’t necessarily hold together as narrative but sounds great live when you’re bouncing along and trying to not spill any Shiner.
“Roadrunner,” though, is a different case. To these ears it evokes Fountains of Wayne’s “Radiation Vibe” at three-quarters speed, with plenty of heartache piled on top. At least that’s what one infers from all the talk of hitting the road, “moving along,” “cutting the cord” and Hoetger wanting to “feel like I did when you were new.” As breakup songs go, it sticks like humid penny candy, and taken with its partner track bodes well for what’s coming on the band’s third EP that’s set to drop next month.
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