THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Sweet Teeth, perfect smile and raw beauty. Behind it all we find a bittersweet blend of catchy, punky, fuzzy power pop and ’90s inspired alternative rock. Small-town dreams expressed through noisy guitars, sugar sweet melodies, and honest, straightforward lyrics.
Sweden’s Sweet Teeth sound a little like Hüsker Dü mixed with The Flamin’ Groovies, Ramones mixed with Big Star or even The Hellacopters mixed with Dinosaur Jr. Hailing from the rural parts of Sweden, the members of Sweet Teeth have played in bands such as The Deadbeats, Disfear, Dollhouse, Year Of The Goat, Tortyr and The Dontcares. Together they find a perfect blend of musical history.
On Their debut album High Anxiety, Sweet Teeth deliver 12 new tracks of explosive power pop. Combining the unforgettable sounds of the guitar-driven ’80 and ’90s with their own signature mixture of super-melodic songwriting and palpable energy, gthey create a record packed with honest, straight forward, and bittersweet alternative rock music.
“With High Anxiety, we wanted to make an album with as little hassle as possible,” they say. “No long solos or extra unnecessary stuff to fill out the songs, they simply didn’t need that. Still, we didn’t want to limit ourselves, instead we wanted to find our own formula. The result is a collection of pop songs played with a punk/hardcore feel. Lyrically, it’s sometimes pretty heavy. A lot of the lyrics are about anxiety in life, love found and then lost, and all the good and destructive ways to deal with that.”
High Anxiety was recorded in Welfare Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden, with Per Stålberg. The vocals were recorded in Crypt of Death studios with Joona Hassinen. High Anxiety was mixed by Per and mastered by Hassinen in Studio Underjord.
“Per Ståhlberg really demanded us to record in his studio, and his input both before and during recording at Welfare Sounds made so much sense,” the band say. “He understood exactly what we wanted to do, so it all went very smoothly in the studio. Our own bass player Joona, of course did a splendid job mastering it, so it sounds great!”
Sweet Teeth released their debut seven-track mini-album Acid Rain in 2021. It immediately received praise from both fans and media. It was later nominated for best punk record of the year at the Swedish indie awards Manifestgalan. Despite the pandemic working against them, Sweet Teeth have played several explosive live shows during their relatively short career, sharing stages with bands such as Millencolin, Hurula, Freedom and Märvel.”
