The second coming of London five-piece, Ain’t, hints at themes of desperation, despair, and dying for someone to notice you.
With Halloween’s around the corner, there’s an apt creepy, stalker-ness to ‘Teething’ that I can’t seem to turn away from. The urgency to be wanted and desired is rife, and somewhat relatable, but creature analogies of bites and lingering bruises make for an utterly unique love story.
Vocals sound like whistles in the wind, guitars crunch on every word and disappear without warning, only to reappear like nothing has happened seconds later. ‘Teething’ is unpredictably beautiful, coming to an end with violent drums and 90s riffs, signalling it’s over for now but never for good.
Speaking on the Track, Ain’t add, “’Teething’ is definitely our creepiest song – Ed wrote it ages before Ain’t and the lyrics ‘you don’t even notice me from the window’ encapsulate the whole premise of the song neatly. It’s about vying for someone’s attention when they couldn’t care less – and how the sting of rejection isn’t so much a sting, but a persistent throbbing, like toothache.”
Photo by Marieke Macklon
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