Dentist
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| 📅 Released | 14 May 2014 | |||
| ⏳ Length | 36:18 | |||
| 🏷️ Label | Good Eye Records | |||
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Dentist is the debut studio album from the American rock band Dentist.
Content[edit]
The thirteen-track album was released by Good Eye Records, the label's first release, on 14 May 2014. In a 2016 interview with The Aquarian Weekly, Emily Bornemann recalls "it was more for fun than anything else. It was just songs that Justin and I had been writing for a year or so [and we] decided to record them and put an album together[,] so it's a little goof[y]." Justin Bornemann adds "they were the songs we were playing live. We never thought about it that much until we went to record them."[1] Dentist draws comparison to the music of Alvvays, the Drums, and Wavves.[2]
The album's first single, "No Matter," was released on 4 December 2013, and the second single "I Do it Cause I Wanna" on 26 February 2014. The record release party for Dentist was held at The Saint in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on 9 May 2014 with Seaside Caves, Paper Streets, dollys, and XNY.[3]
Reception[edit]
Pandora Radio calls Dentist a "deliriously infectious collection of fuzzy, California styled, indie-pop jangle and sun-dappled, garage-rock crunch. At times it sounds like Best Coast crossed with the Ramones – other times, like a revved up Mazzy Star. Low fidelity, high quality."[2] A review by The Aquarian Weekly describes the album as "beach-breaking Fujiwaras that roll from choppy, pop punk kick-outs to hot-dogging groundswells of millennialism angst. Sparsely produced, the record focuses on wringing every drop of addictive melody into these musical pieces." It closes with saying Dentist "investigate a lush and extensively more elaborate direction than [with prior projects], and it's a course that should get this band riding quite high on the perfect wave of success."[3]
Speak Into My Good Eye's review of the single "No Matter" says it has "whip smart pop sensibilities with that garage charm set against a steady, rolling bass line. Whitt (E. Bornemann) warns a wandering lover with a lyrical snarl juxtaposed against her high register. It's a classic tell off to a deadbeat who is so inattentive that they fail to realize their partner can shred."[4] Jersey Beat editor Paul Silver describes the opener "Pretty Lady" as "a cool surf-punk track, with bits of 50s doo-wop sounds," and adds "at times, they get a little heavier, like on "Bird in the Cage," which sounds sort of like 90s grunge, but a little lighter. Nirvana is brought to mind."[5] The song "Bird in a Cage" is the winner of the Asbury Park Music Awards' Top Song category.[6]
Tracklisting[edit]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pretty Lady" | 1:42 |
| 2. | "Fruit and Cake" | 2:28 |
| 3. | "I Do it Cause I Wanna" | 2:48 |
| 4. | "Dolce" | 3:35 |
| 5. | "Retired Lifeguard" | 2:23 |
| 6. | "No Matter" | 2:17 |
| 7. | "Bird in a Cage" | 2:46 |
| 8. | "Bad Breath" | 2:15 |
| 9. | "Koko B. Ware" | 2:53 |
| 10. | "Batman" | 2:10 |
| 11. | "Robot" | 2:21 |
| 12. | "Four Dolli Stoli" | 3:37 |
| 13. | "Dinosaur" | 4:01 |
| Total length: | 36:18 | |
Personnel[edit]
- Emily Bornemann – vocals and rhythm guitar
- Justin Bornemann – lead guitar
- Andy Bova – drums
- Nick Kaelblein – bass
- Matt Maneri – keys
References[edit]
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Jordan, Chris (15 March 2015), "The 9 Jersey Shore bands you need to hear", The Asbury Park Press, retrieved 24 March 2019
- Makin, Bob (30 November 2016), "An Interview With Dentist: Dentist Bring A Smile To Asbury Park", The Aquarian Weekly, retrieved 24 March 2019
- Mehalick, Mike (10 December 2013), "SIMGE Premiere: Dentist – "No Matter"", Speak Into My Good Eye, retrieved 24 March 2019
- Pandora Radio Staff (1 May 2015), "Resonance: Weekly Curator Picks", Pandora Radio, retrieved 24 March 2019
- Pfeiffer, John (30 April 2014), "Shoreworld: Exploring The Topical World Of Dinosaurs And Four Dollar Stolis With Dentist", The Aquarian Weekly, retrieved 24 March 2019
- Silver, Paul (2014), "Dentist (Good Eye Records)", Jersey Beat, archived from the original on 25 March 2019
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