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Enter Mouse Teeth. Crashing into the real and raw, Mouse Teeth (AKA Nancy Dawkins) doesn’t shy away as her poetic praxis flourishes on debut EP ‘Ten Of Swords’.
Musing between art rock and poetic spoken word, Mouse Teeth has delivered a debut that’s raw, unfiltered and undeniably gripping. Lyrically meditative, the EP sees Mouse Teeth tackle grief, health, love and life with a profound sense of self. Her spoken word is considered. Poised. Powerful. And the music backs it up at every step of the journey.
Accompanying instrumentals perfectly frame around the vocals and mood. Poems melt into choruses with a gorgeous sense of cohesion. From the lighter, tender moments to the heavier, passionate stanzas, Mouse Teeth’s poetic endurance is a force to be reckoned with.
Though the dark and light Mouse Teeth immerses us in her world - perfectly capturing mood through words in a thoughtful exploration of all things heartfelt and honest. Some moments leave you uneasy, yet understood - while others will simply leave you with goosebumps. With soothing lulls and comforting vocals, she captures the beautiful and the haunting. Resolving with the melancholic ‘Playing the Hermit’, Ten of Swords is a masterclass in storytelling, leaving us with a sense of hope, a lust for life, and an even larger lust for more Mouse Teeth.
Ten of Swords is out NOW via The Robot Needs Home Collective
You can catch Mouse Teeth playing live:
07/05 - Sheffield, Sydney & Matilda
09/05 - London, Paper Dress Vintage
12/05 - Leicester, The Big Difference