Grapetooth

Grapetooth is a Chicago-based new wave-influenced duo. The project, which consists of Clay Frankel and Chris Bailoni, was started in 2015.

Grapetooth
OriginChicago, Illinois, U.S.
GenresNew wave, indie rock, synth-pop
Years active2015 (2015)–present
LabelsPolyvinyl
Members
  • Clay Frankel
  • Chris Bailoni

Career

Twin Peaks member Clay Frankel and Chris Bailoni, also known as Chicago producer Home-sick, met in 2012 through mutual friends. Three years later in 2015, the two bonded over similar musical tastes while out a bar and made a resolution to create music together. Frankel and Bailoni stumbled into the group’s sound after writing their first single, “Trouble.” [1] Calling the project Grapetooth as a reference to Frankel’s wine consumption, the duo began playing and gathering attention at wild-mannered shows in Chicago. Grapetooth shared their second single, “Violent” in May 2018[2] and they released their debut album "Grapetooth" on November 9, 2018 on Polyvinyl Records.[3] On February 12, 2020 Grapetooth, alongside fellow Chicago-based Musician Lala Lala, released a pair of singles, "Fantasy Movie" b/w "Valentine", on Hardly Art Records.[4]

Musical style

Noisey describes their single “Violent” as an earworm where “synths bubble over a pulsing drum machine and a bouncy Cure-like guitar riff.”[5] Frankel and Bailoni cite ‘80s Japanese new wave, Arthur Russell, and Spacemen 3 as major influences.

Discography
Albums
  • Grapetooth (2018)
Singles
  • "Trouble" (2017)
  • "Violent" (2018)
  • "Infinite Source" (2022)
  • "Shining" (2022)

References
  1. Sullivan, Samantha. "GRAPETOOTH: "TROUBLE"". Melted Magazine. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. Haas, Anna. "Are You "Violent"? Grapetooth Release New Track". Paste. Paste Media Group. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. "Grapetooth Joins PV Fam". Polyvinyl Records. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. "Lala Lala - Fantasy Movie". Hardly Art. Hardly Art. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  5. Terry, Josh. "Grapetooth Dole Out New Wave Bliss on "Violent"". Noisey. Vice. Retrieved 2 August 2018.


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