Teeth Made of Glass - Maverick/Reginald

Teeth Made of Glass has released another extremely unique and bizarre EP, Reginald/Marverick on July 28th. Formed in 2013, TMoG has been apart of a network of Bandcamp projects that are famous - or notorious - for making music that sounds cryptic and experimental. Reginald/Maverick's upbringing is weird, but in the right places it can leave the listener in awe.

TMoG is made of founding member Dakota Bull in Middletown, Ohio and Jack Whelan from Newfoundland, Canda. Bull was the sole guitarist, singer and producer of the music while Whelan provided moral support and advice. "He [Whelan] contributes constantly, he's an ideas man," Bull explained to me in a Discord conversation. "The current concept of Teeth Made of Glass wouldn't be formed as is without his passion."

The first thing Reginald/Maverick strikes you with is the guitar. The guitar work is what carries the EP, it's the meat and potatoes of what TMoG is. "I always wanted to make guitar focused music," Bull says, "I think there's a lot you can do with guitar!"

Each of the songs are folky, distorted, short and also extremely pleasing to the ears. The sound of mellow, distorted guitars together with Bull's chorus-like vocalization gives a feeling of mystery and wanting more. The songs are about a minute long on average, with the last track, 'Ford', being just over two minutes. For a lack of better words, the tracks sound like the best part you would hear in a song that lasts three or four minutes. They're climaxes, one after the other.

Bull says that his major influences are Modest Mouse, The Mountain Goats and They Might Be Giants. The guitar work is very reminiscent of early Modest Mouse albums and the substance of the songs are very loose and experimental like TMBG tracks.

In an honest attempt at criticism, Maverick/Reginald is good, but it's just too short. Each of the songs sound like the best part of a song, but needs more padding around them. Otherwise, the EP just isn't long enough to make it a frequent listen. Hopefully Bull finds his sound in the future and produces some real hard-hitting results.

Check out Maverick/Reginald on Bandcamp here.