A Driving Record Release from Tooth Gore

A brand spanking new album from Tooth Gore just dropped and has such an outstanding way of blending sonically driving fuzz tone soundscapes that take some of the best elements of grunge, pop rock, garage, and plenty more, rolling it all up into one fat record and delivering with it this almost over the top personality and color.

The For Losers, By Losers album is a soiree of heavy rock flavor, and it comes at you from all angles, but there are a lot of surprises around the corners so it's definitely the kind of album that you listen to from start to finish as opposed to just checking out one or two tracks.

Listening to one or two songs from this record will give you some of the staples that the album holds; however, it will not give you the full spectrum of what the release has to offer as a whole.

The record starts off with 'Uncomfortable", which wastes very little time giving you that sonic drive I mentioned earlier. The guitar tone across this record is absolutely outstanding and packs a hell of a punch, letting the record come through with such a vivacious and vibrant approach.

The riffs on this track are hard-hitting and a bit heavy. There are loads of heavy sections throughout this record, but they also do have this almost animated vocal approach and garage rock aesthetic that comes through lively and in your face.

I feel like the energy level on this record is a huge factor, and why it hits so hard. It almost feels as if these songs were recorded live on the floor, and everyone involved was feeding off of each other.

Now, although you get this intense live performance energy throughout this record, I'm pretty sure most of it is performed by one person.

Tooth Gore is the brainchild of Tobi Joe, who surely at the very least writes all the music and does play live, but I think he's playing most of the stuff on the recorded material.

Either way, this is a record that really does boast a crazy energy, and that is part of its infectious approach.

Moving further down the record, we have songs like 'Firebird", which boasts a much more classic late 70s or even early 80s pop-punk kind of feel, and it crosses bands like the Ramones with Social Distortion.

So, you can see that if you listen to this whole record through, you're getting a slew of influences put in place that come together and help make this record what it is.

Songs like 'Black Cat" also give you that punk rock kind of energy, swing, color, and brightness, but in terms of the punk influences, it's not just classic stuff. It's also 90s punk. I can hear stuff like Alkaline Trio, for example.

It's definitely a very eclectic record in terms of utilizing these influences that Kobi has, and he really doesn't outstanding job of creating his own atmosphere with that.

This is a super fun, danceable, addictive, and heavy record when it wants to be.

You can also hear loads of that grunge and songs like "I Hate My Collaborations".

Fuzzier, grittier guitar tones, and addictive progressions with vocal melodies that are super memorable and stick in your head for hours after the song has ended.

These are just some of the Staples from this record that make it awesome.

In terms of those surprises around its corners, as I mentioned earlier, there are songs like 'No Fighting In Doo-Wop", which is indeed a classic, 50s or 60s style doo-wop-rock track that comes through amazingly well.

So, like I said, this is a record you listen to all the way through. Go from start to finish all in one shot, and you get this awesome experience.

This is literally for anyone who likes heavy rock music that's inventive, outside the box, not super cookie-cutter, but still has Ultra catchiness and a lot of songs.

Whether you're into punk, grunge, heavy psych-rock, or just great riffs and melodic overtones, this record definitely paved a bit of its own path while giving me bouts of nostalgia and a lot of warmth.

Take a deep dive into this record as soon as you can because it's well worth your time, and don't be afraid to turn it up.

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