Spooky Tooth

My First Tooth
Genre: Indie / Folk / Spanish pop
From: Northampton,
United Kingdom

Other than Bauhaus, Maps, a tenuous connection with Radiohead (Thom Yorke was born there) and the famous for 5 minutes band The Departure, Northampton hasn't exactly set the musical world alight.

Could that be about to change? There's a mini scene developing with bands such as the Retro Spankees, Winston Echo, The On Offs, Dirty Sweet, The Artizans and Magic Skool Bus generating more buzz than a hive of bees on speed.

The thing that marks out the scene is it's variety of musical styles and the Northampton candle holder for indie-folk are tonights featured band My First Tooth the creation of singer-songwriter Ross Witt (One Toy Soldier) and violinist Sophie Galpin. Inspired by intelligent pop and folk acts such as Eels, Okkervil River, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Joanna Newsom, My First Tooth craft subtle, beautiful lullabies that locate your heart strings and tug at them gently like a folkie strumming a guitar. You can have your heart melted to a pool of slush later this month when the band's debut EP is issued via Alcopop Records.

Northampton may not be the next Madchester, Liverpool or Seattle but it's certainly a boiling cauldron of creativity that's ready to blow.

Go Try

MP3 - My First Tooth - Typewriters
If anyone from the IFPI is reading this track is published with the permission of Alcopop Records so please refrain from alleging infringement of copyright.

Go Visit

My First Tooth - Myspace
Label - Alcopop Records // Alcopop Records Myspace

Go View

My First Tooth
Treading Water



If you're interested in the Northampton music scene check out the following...

MP3 - Winston Echo - Nothing Can Stop You When You Get Started
If anyone from the IFPI is reading this track is linked direct from the Winston Echo website so is already freely available so please refrain from alleging infringement of copyright.