Sharpen Your Teeth

Sharpen Your Teeth
Studio album by Ugly Casanova
Released	May 21, 2002
Recorded	August 2001 Portland, Oregon
Genre	Indie rock, Folk rock, Psychedelic folk, Alternative country, Neo-psychedelia, Indie folk, Gothic country
Length	49:55 (CD)
Label	Sub Pop SP0552
Producer	Brian Deck

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	7.3/10[2]

Sharpen Your Teeth is the only studio album by the indie rock band Ugly Casanova. Brainchild of Modest Mouse lead singer Isaac Brock, Ugly Casanova was his attempt to try new methods and genres outside the realms of Modest Mouse. The album sees Brock performing on more instruments and using a more stripped down method of recording. The story given is that an eccentric character named Edgar Graham met with Modest Mouse while on tour. During their time together, Graham and the band recorded a few songs together, and Graham completely disappeared. In an attempt to get Graham to resurface, Brock took the recordings to Sub Pop Records, redid them in the studio, and had them released as Sharpen Your Teeth. It has since been revealed that Brock fabricated the story himself, using Ugly Casanova as a method of writing music whilst not being recognized instantly as Modest Mouse.

1. "Barnacles" (Isaac Brock, John Orth) - 5:05
2. "Spilled Milk Factory" - 4:26
3. "Parasites" - 3:36
4. "Hotcha Girls" - 4:59
5. "(No Song)" - 0:26
6. "Diamonds on the Face of Evil" - 3:16
7. "Cat Faces" - 3:36
8. "Ice on the Sheets" - 6:33
9. "Bee Sting" - 0:48
10. "Pacifico" - 2:31
11. "Smoke Like Ribbons" - 5:15
12. "Things I Don't Remember" - 3:29
13. "So Long to the Holidays" - 5:56
14. "Baby's Clean Conscience" - 3:15 (2015 Reissue - Bonus Track)
15. "Diggin' Holes" - 3:32 (2015 Reissue - Bonus Track)
16. "They Devised a Plan to Fuck Forever" - 4:27 (2015 Reissue - Bonus Track)
17. "Roads To Go To Roads To Go To..." - 3:09 (2015 Reissue - Bonus Track)

According to the liner notes:

• Ugly Casanova (Isaac Brock)
• Tim Rutili
• Pall Jenkins
• John Orth
• Brian Deck
• Tyler Reilly

In September 2015, it was announced that Sub Pop would reissue the album on black and limited edition yellow/white vinyl on October 30, along with four bonus tracks and an unreleased track from the album's recording sessions known as "They Devised a Plan to Fuck Forever".^[3]

This 2000s indie rock album–related article is a stub. You can help Wik.ipedia.Pro by expanding it.

• v
• t