"there's a fire I can't put out with the doubt of the devil or a timely diversion, I think he came to me from heaven..."
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Straight White Teeth is the alternative music project of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Patrick McGuire. Fall 2022 marks the release of World’s Greatest Video Editor: Volume 1, a collection of songs that expand Straight White Teeth’s ever-evolving sound with full band instrumentation and euphoric vocal harmonies that burst seemingly from nowhere. The volume is the first in a series of releases Straight White Teeth will share throughout 2022 and 2023.
World’s Greatest Video Editor references a 15-year-old inside joke known among McGuire’s friends that he found fitting to apply to the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) he received in early 2022 following a painful separation, in which he likened memories of his past to video clips that could be edited and viewed in new ways. But while the music is inspired by a desire to heal and move on from his past, the collection of songs don’t compromise McGuire’s knack for fearless and uncompromisingly honest storytelling, which aims to disarm and then devastate. “Deepfake,” an upcoming single to be released from the series, is narrated by a fictional character who drunkenly dances alone in a dive bar before perishing in a car accident on the drive home. “It’s a manmade lake/It’s a big deepfake/It’s a blessing and a mistake/That I loved you/That I ever knew you in the first place.”
In recent years, McGuire has shifted from sprawling synth pop towards a preference for organic instrumentation led by warm, finger-plucked acoustic guitars and his layered baritone vocal. “Lifetime,” a synth-driven Straight White Teeth single released in 2017, charted up at #6 on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic radio show in Los Angeles.
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The slow turning illusory dance of "Don't Block My Light" by Straight White Teeth, the alt music project of Kansas City singer-songwriter / multi-instrumentalist Patrick McGuire and from his 2022 EP release "World's Greatest Video Editor: Volume 1", is a gentle vibed bloodletting. The precise cadence, and sublime falling chords that shift and side step each other have wonderful shapes and an elegant prowess that have my scattered brain thinking of vintage Japanese folk songs like that of Kikutaro Takahashi (1935) colliding with Tracy Chapman's Fast Car.
Patrick's vocal countenance and vocal melodies elevate the song further. There is a mix of melancholia and cutting through the thickets of life to find self actualization, at least trying to, all the while making me feel beautifully sleepy and wanting to have dreams that scare me just enough to excite me but make me feel good to pushing me into the deepest sleep.
"Don't Block My Light" seems to be about giving up to something, to stop fighting but not to give up but, instead, in order to transcend emotionally or spiritually. Hmmm?, or maybe not. Maybe that is what I see in this reflective song. In the end, "Don't Block My Light" is a great, unique song like Stephen Malkmus in repose.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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https://open.spotify.com/artist/2rphsUJ8NUAh4GYCTCVhbt
https://soundcloud.com/straightwhiteteeth
https://www.instagram.com/straightwhiteteethsongsss/
https://www.straightwhiteteethmusic.com/
Straight White Teeth is the alternative music project of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Patrick McGuire. Fall 2022 marks the release of World’s Greatest Video Editor: Volume 1, a collection of songs that expand Straight White Teeth’s ever-evolving sound with full band instrumentation and euphoric vocal harmonies that burst seemingly from nowhere. The volume is the first in a series of releases Straight White Teeth will share throughout 2022 and 2023.
World’s Greatest Video Editor references a 15-year-old inside joke known among McGuire’s friends that he found fitting to apply to the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) he received in early 2022 following a painful separation, in which he likened memories of his past to video clips that could be edited and viewed in new ways. But while the music is inspired by a desire to heal and move on from his past, the collection of songs don’t compromise McGuire’s knack for fearless and uncompromisingly honest storytelling, which aims to disarm and then devastate. “Deepfake,” an upcoming single to be released from the series, is narrated by a fictional character who drunkenly dances alone in a dive bar before perishing in a car accident on the drive home. “It’s a manmade lake/It’s a big deepfake/It’s a blessing and a mistake/That I loved you/That I ever knew you in the first place.”
In recent years, McGuire has shifted from sprawling synth pop towards a preference for organic instrumentation led by warm, finger-plucked acoustic guitars and his layered baritone vocal. “Lifetime,” a synth-driven Straight White Teeth single released in 2017, charted up at #6 on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic radio show in Los Angeles.
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