Tele Novella "Poet's Tooth" 2025-01-17 and more benefit from a

and more benefit from a subdued and aptly dream-like treatment that keeps their respective hooks and charms intact

Past Lives

debuting at number two on the Billboard charts

a deciding factor was jack 'aerosmith' douglas' replacement of john cale as producer: the songs became more succinct and sharp

The transition informs the storytelling

Tele Novella "Poet's Tooth" 2025-01-17 and more benefit from aAs Tele Novella, Chronis (who performs in the beloved and rekindled indie pop band Voxtrot) and Ribbons (who previously performed in the long running "Victorian punk" project Agent Ribbons) have spent their past two albums creating "Medieval outsider country" on 2016's House Of Souls and 2021's Merlynn Belle. Poet's Tooth the band's second album for Kill Rock Stars steers the duo's whimsical western tinted quality into fascinating new directions: