As they prepare for a tour in support of Richard Carlson and release their new single ‘I Can’t Explain’, Damian Robinson talks to No Teeth about new music, being focused, and the 3-legged race.
We find you in preparation for your tour with Richard Carlson. Are you feeling match-fit and ready for the dates?
As ready as we ever were or probably ever will be. The preparation mostly consists of target practice (bombarding the nunnery with footballs). Other tactics include Sports Day, especially the 3-legged race.
The last day of the tour lands on the day that ‘I Can’t Explain’ is released. Tell me a little bit about the song and which direction it sees the band moving in…
The A-side is a rather nice-sounding song, by our standards anyway. It’s really a juxtaposition as the song features what we often call a “perverse parable”, which this time touches on themes of coercion and manipulation. Like most of our other songs, it stands alone in its value to aid the syndicate in its cause.
With the No Teeth gang being somewhat of an avant-punk/abstract art collective, tell me a little bit about the ethos of the group: who is part of the collective and who does what on ‘I Can’t Explain’?
We intend to wreak a little havoc, just for the frisk. Our words are bold and dissonant and are not to be taken lightly, by anyone. As for the record, we all play our own instruments, mostly due to fear of jostling.
In terms of the future, will you be out gigging the single? And where can we catch you?
We will be on tour with Richard Carlson. These men are kind enough to aid the syndicate in their often convoluted whims, and we appreciate that more than we can possibly convey. Other than that, we couldn’t possibly say at this given moment, but there is always more to look forward to.
And in terms of the rest of 2023, what’s on the horizon for you?
The album is finished. We are tired and a little ill at ease with one another, so have decided to sleep in separate beds. It’s been helping, but the nights often grow lonely, and we forget each other’s whisperings of affirmation quickly. Still, it will aid us on our pilgrimage. Gone are the days of The New Nuisance and its plight, as we bring in a new proverbial dawn of No Teeth.
You can listen to ‘I Can’t Explain’ by No Teeth now on all major streaming platforms.
