“Makes you wish for a front porch, a sunset, and a song of your own to sing, that could match 'Honesty Honestly' for its beauty..." - Artrocker

"...a seriously impressive showing." - The Fly

"...lovely, happy, jaunty..." - Bethan Elfyn, Radio 1

"They're a lively little bunch" - Zoe Ball, Radio 2

“…grand and ambitious…9/10” – thefourohfive

My First Tooth return with ‘Love Makes Monsters’, the follow up to their debut album ‘Territories’ which garnered considerable praise from critics, including The Word who described it as “A full-on blast of raucous folk-pop that’s all hoedown and no slowdown”, and The Fly who called it “…seriously impressive…”.

The recording took them from Berlin to Bridlington, via London and saw them working with producers James Kenosha (Pulled Apart By Horses/Dry The River), Peter Abbott (Athlete/Misty’s Big Adventure) and Paul Pilot (Duke Special/‘Territories’) to create a wonderful record, that draws in inspiration as much from Bruce Springsteen as it does the likes of Neutral Milk Hotel and Okkervil River.

Thematically picking up where the first record left off, frontman Ross K Witt continues to weave wonderful narratives around often ignored rock and roll topics like animals and ships, but additionally picks over broken relationships and hints at an almost crushing sense of nostalgia, as exemplified by lead-off single ‘Past Broadcasts’. Sonically, the band (completed by Sophie Galpin, Jo Collis and Gareth Amwel Jones) expands on the folk-pop/alt-country blueprint of their debut, with the new LP finding the band in a more hard-edged, energetic form, playing as if their lives depend on it. They just might.

The band have made themselves a firm fixture of the UK festival circuit with appearances at Glastonbury, Summer Sundae, Bestival, Truck, 2000 Trees, The Great Escape, SWN, TGE and more since the release of their debut. Outside of these, a relentless touring campaign post-‘Territories’ has seen them hone their frenzied, harmony-laden, instrument-swapping live appearances into a barnstorming show that NME described as "unmissable".

Check the band on tour:
16 Mar - Bristol - Start the Bus (supporting Frontier Ruckus)

19 Mar - Manchester - Ruby Lounge  (supporting Frontier Ruckus)

21 Mar - York - Fibbers  (supporting Frontier Ruckus)

22 Mar - Chester - Telford's Warehouse

23 Mar - London - Borderline  (supporting Frontier Ruckus)