The Dagons
Teeth For Pearls
© 2003 Burning Clutch (ASCAP) (807207022022)
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The cracked mermaid ornament on the cover of the Dagons' Teeth for Pearls isn't there by accident...
Teeth for Pearls reveals itself as a collection of punk fairy tales seething with a strange danger.
-Heather Phares, ALL MUSIC GUIDE
the soundtrack to a hypnotic nightmare or psychedelic amusement park
-Laura Pontillo, VENUS
With the best of the two-piece bands...you never feel like something's missing. I'd add to that short list this California couple , whose bangy garage blues is touched by a graceful, moody goth sensibility
-Monica Kendrick, CHICAGO READER
forever biting, drowning, dilating and stringing up their teeth for pearls; it's cruel and it's beautiful, and the nightmare's all part of the pleasure
-Helen Spitzer, Inch Exclaim! Canada
dreamy vocals juxtaposed with the near-savage assault of Drew's drumming, sometimes resembling a strange hybrid of Romanian Gypsy folk music and punk rock
-Bob Cantu, PHOENIX NEW TIMES
the Dagons never risk one-dimensionality, as surreal tunes like "Drill" (P.J. Harveyesque vocals grafted onto the Cramps' jungle twang) and "On This Bed Forever" (a noir, Nick Cave-like waltz) clearly evidence.
-Fred Mills, DETROIT METRO TIMES
The Dagons from LA are a stripped down duo of Karie Jacobson on vocals and guitars and Drew Kowalski on drums creating a dreamy poetic silky minimal pop cloud. Nice druggy and interesting
-BB, BB GUN
The Dagons reveal their musical lineage, and seem to hint that their intentions are to continue a timeless brand of songwriting. On Teeth For Pearls, they succeed admirably.
-Chuck Nolan, SEX AND GUTS