Sharptooth
{{short description|American hardcore punk band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Sharptooth
| image = Sharptooth 2018.jpg
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| caption = Sharptooth performing in 2018
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| origin = Baltimore, Maryland, United States
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Hardcore punk
- metallic hardcore{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2204589/stream-sharptooths-hellacious-new-ep-imperfect-animal/music/ |title=Sharptooth Release Hellacious New EP Imperfect Animal |website=stereogum.com |date= 31 October 2022|accessdate=2022-10-31}}
- melodic hardcore{{cite web |date=13 May 2015 |title=Band Of The Week: Sharptooth |url=http://thenewfury.com/wordpress/band-of-the-week-sharptooth/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207010603/http://thenewfury.com/wordpress/band-of-the-week-sharptooth/ |archivedate=7 February 2018 |accessdate=6 February 2018 |website=thenewfury.com}}
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| years_active = {{start date|2013}}–2023
| label = Pure Noise
| website = {{URL|www.sharptoothmerch.com/}}
| past_members = * Lauren Kashan
- Keith Higgins
- Lance Donati
- Peter Bruno
- Matt Hague
- Marissa Ward
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Sharptooth was an American hardcore punk{{cite web|last1=Pementel|first1=Michael|title=Album Review: SHARPTOOTH Clever Girl|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/sharptooth-clever-girl|website=Metal Injection|date=10 November 2017 |accessdate=2018-02-06|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005927/http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/sharptooth-clever-girl|archivedate=2018-02-07}} band from Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Formed in 2013, the band released two EPs and two studio albums, entitled Clever Girl (2017){{cite web|url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/09/27/track-premiere-interview-sharptooth-fck-donald-trump/|title=Track Premiere & Interview: Sharptooth - 'F*ck You Donald Trump' |date=27 September 2017|website=Decibelmagazine.com|accessdate=6 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210152922/https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/09/27/track-premiere-interview-sharptooth-fck-donald-trump/|archivedate=10 February 2018}} and Transitional Forms (2020),{{cite web |date=9 July 2017 |title=ALBUM REVIEW: Transitional Forms – Sharptooth |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-transitional-forms-sharptooth/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908083052/https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-transitional-forms-sharptooth/ |archivedate=8 September 2020 |accessdate=8 September 2020 |website=distortedsoundmag.com}} before disbanding in 2023.
History
In May{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SharptoothMD/photos/a.336553579784475/1423193367787152/?type=3&theater |title=Sharptooth - Real quick: One year ago today, we officially... |website=Facebook.com |date= |accessdate=2018-12-21}} 2017, Sharptooth signed to Pure Noise Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/09/27/track-premiere-interview-sharptooth-fck-donald-trump/ |title=Track Premiere & Interview: Sharptooth - 'F*ck You Donald Trump' |publisher=Decibel magazine |date=2018-12-17 |accessdate=2018-12-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/sharptooth_sign_with_pure_noise_records/ |title=Sharptooth sign with Pure Noise Records and other news you might have missed today - Alternative Press |website=Altpress.com |date=2017-09-07 |accessdate=2018-12-21}} The label features other bands such as Knocked Loose, Senses Fail, and Less Than Jake.{{cite web|url=http://purenoise.net/bands |title=Bands : Pure Noise Records |website=Purenoise.net |date= |accessdate=2018-12-21}}
In early 2018, the ensemble toured with Anti-Flag, Stray from the Path and The White Noise.{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/anti-flag-prep-lp-touring-w-stray-from-the-path-the-white-noise-sharptooth/|title=Anti-Flag prep LP, touring w/ Stray From the Path, The White Noise, Sharptooth|website=BrooklynVegan|date=19 October 2017 |accessdate=6 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205141336/http://www.brooklynvegan.com/anti-flag-prep-lp-touring-w-stray-from-the-path-the-white-noise-sharptooth/|archivedate=5 February 2018}} In May 2018, they then went on to tour with Senses Fail.{{cite web|url=https://www.theprp.com/2018/03/06/news/senses-fail-sharptooth-lil-lotus-announce-spring-tour/|title=Senses Fail, Sharptooth & Lil Lotus Announce Spring Tour|author=|date=6 March 2018|website=Theprp.com|accessdate=21 December 2018}} In mid-2018, the ensemble performed on every date of the last full US run of the Vans Warped Tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/warped_tour_2018_lineup_full_final/ |title=See full Warped Tour lineup for final cross country run - Alternative Press |website=Altpress.com |date=2018-03-01 |accessdate=2018-12-21}} The quintet also opened for the first Cane Hill headlining tour in late 2018,{{cite web|url=https://www.theprp.com/2018/07/25/news/cane-hill-sharptooth-afterlife-tour-announced/|title=Cane Hill, Sharptooth & Afterlife Tour Announced|author=|date=25 July 2018|website=Theprp.com|accessdate=21 December 2018}} and supported As It Is in early 2019.{{cite web|url=https://thepreludepress.com/news/2018/12/20/as-it-is-to-kick-off-the-great-depression-tour-next-month |title=As It Is to Kick Off The Great Depression Tour Next Month — The Prelude Press |website=Thepreludepress.com |date= 20 December 2018|accessdate=2018-12-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/as-it-is-announce-north-american-great-depression-tour/ |title=As It Is announce act two of the 'Great Depression' tour |website=Altpress.com |date=2018-10-24 |accessdate=2018-12-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.livenation.com/events/939708-feb-10-2019-as-it-is-the-great-depression-tour-2019-w-sharptooth-point-north-h |title=As It Is: the Great Depression Tour 2019 W/ Sharptooth, Point North, H at Middle East Downstairs on Sun Feb 10, 2019 6:00 PM EST — Live Nation |website=Livenation.com |date= |accessdate=2018-12-21}}
In April 2019, the ensemble recorded their second studio album,{{cite web|url=http://obsessxns.com/news/entry/sharptooths-new-album-is-done/|title=Sharptooth's new album is done|first=Brad|last=LaPlante|date=13 April 2019|website=Obsessxns.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SharptoothMD/posts/1843814445725040|title=Sharptooth|website=Facebook.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SharptoothMD/photos/a.336553579784475/1842422779197540/?type=3|title=Sharptooth|website=Facebook.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SharptoothMD/photos/a.336553579784475/1828767707229714/?type=3|title=Sharptooth|website=Facebook.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SharptoothMD/photos/a.336553579784475/1848214465285038/?type=3|title=Sharptooth|website=Facebook.com}} and travelled Europe with rock bands Comeback Kid, No Turning Back and Jesus Piece.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuclearblast.de/en/products/tickets/indoor/ticket/comeback-kid-european-tour-2019.html|title=COMEBACK KID - European Tour 2019|website=Nuclear Blast|accessdate=16 March 2019}} Once their tour in the Eastern Hemisphere was complete, it was followed in May 2019 by four concerts in Canada with Boundaries, Sudden Waves, Harriers and Cold Shoulder all supporting Canadian metal group Obey the Brave.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SharptoothMD/photos/a.336553579784475/1800429876730164/?type=3|title=Sharptooth|website=Facebook.com}}
In September 2019, the quintet returned to Canada to perform alongside Canadian punk rock bands Single Mothers and Cancer Bats,{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SharptoothMD/photos/a.336553579784475/1873467116093106/?type=3|title=Sharptooth|website=Facebook.com}} and stated that they were working on their second studio album.{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/survivor-scientist-singer-wild-inspirational-journey-sharptooths-lauren-kashan|title=Survivor, Scientist, Singer: The Wild, Inspirational Journey of Sharptooth's Lauren Kashan|date=September 5, 2019|website=Revolver}} In November, the band released singles "Mean Brain"{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/hear-sharptooths-explosive-new-song-mean-brain|title=Hear Sharptooth's Explosive New Song "Mean Brain"|date=November 5, 2019|website=Revolver}} and "Die for the Government", the latter being featured on Hopeless Records compilation album Songs That Saved My Life Vol. 2.{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/state-champs-songs-saved-my-life-cover-matchbox-twenty-2/|title='Songs That Saved My Life Vol. 2' drop State Champs cover, album details|first=Koltan|last=Greenwood|website=Altpress.com|date=September 24, 2019}}{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.amazon.com/Songs-That-Saved-Life-Vol/dp/B07ZX28M59/ref=tmm_msc_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1573844954&sr=8-1 |title=Songs That Saved My Life Vol. 2 by Songs That Saved My Life on Amazon Music |website=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=2019-11-15}}
In May 2020, the group published "Say Nothing (In The Absence Of Content)", the first music video for Transitional Forms, their second studio album, released on 9 July 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theprp.com/2020/05/14/news/sharptooth-to-release-new-album-transitional-forms-in-july-premiere-say-nothing-in-the-absence-of-content-video/|title=Sharptooth To Release New Album "Transitional Forms" In July, Premiere "Say Nothing (In The Absence Of Content)" Video|date=May 14, 2020|website=Theprp.com}} Almost one month later, the ensemble released "The Gray", another single from their upcoming album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theprp.com/2020/06/10/news/sharptooth-streaming-new-track-the-gray/|title=Sharptooth Streaming New Track "The Gray"|date=June 10, 2020|website=Theprp.com}}
On July 10, 2020, the band released their sophomore album, Transitional Forms. The day before the band also released a music video for their new song "Evolution (ft. Justin Sane from Anti-Flag)" premiering on revolvermag.com
On August 28, 2022, Lauren Kashan made an announcement on Instagram informing fans she had left the band over a year prior, citing a negative work environment and inability to self-express. The band responded on Instagram, saying they "will not be performing any songs written while Lauren was in the band", and that they are taking "a new direction."{{Cite web |title=𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖕𝖙𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖍 on Instagram: "🖤" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch07NgxN5JB/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Instagram |language=en}} On August 31, 2022, the band made an announcement introducing Marissa Ward, former vocalist of beatdown hardcore band Backswing, as their new vocalist, while also announcing that they released a new single "I Didn't Ask to Be Here", that same day.https://www.facebook.com/SharptoothMD/posts/pfbid0LEpveRoMDTUGEt3aWWkreyTyuJEjagEjwuGUYCGyQeCr811YxygQ33eZduHHXK3Tl {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=October 2022}} Sharptooth's only EP with Ward on vocals, Imperfect Animal, was released on October 31, 2022.{{Cite web |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |title=Sharptooth release first new EP with new vocalist Marissa Ward, 'Imperfect Animal' |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/sharptooth-release-first-new-ep-with-new-vocalist-marissa-ward-imperfect-animal/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en-US}}
On November 28, 2023, Sharptooth announced their disbandment via a cryptic post on the band's social media pages, featuring an image stating "2013-2023" with the message "Thank You",{{Cite web |last=Anon. |date=November 28, 2023 |title=SHARPTOOTH look to have broken up |url=https://lambgoat.com/news/40935/sharptooth-look-to-have-broken-up/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=lambgoat.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Gonzales |first=Ramon |date=2023-11-28 |title=Sharptooth Cryptic Post Suggest Break-Up |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/sharptooth-cryptic-post-suggest-break-up |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Knotfest |language=en}} and removed the Imperfect Animal EP from streaming services.{{Cite web |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |date=December 14, 2023 |title=Sharptooth vocalist Marissa Ward issues statement on band breakup |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/sharptooth-vocalist-marissa-ward-issues-statement-on-band-breakup/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en-US}} Shortly afterwards, Marissa Ward released a statement on Instagram stating that the band had quietly disbanded months before, while also stating that she experienced very similar circumstances with the band as Kashan, claiming that the band "belittled, mocked, disrespected and tokenized" her during her time with the band.{{Cite web |title=Marissa Noelle Ward on Instagram: "thx for reading xoxo" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C0PMeKwr9Cz/?hl=en&img_index=2 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Instagram |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Keenan |first=Hesher |date=2023-12-14 |title=Ex-Sharptooth Vocalist Marissa Ward Confirms Toxic Environment Prior to the Band's Breakup |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/12/14/ex-sharptooth-vocalist-marissa-ward-confirms-toxic-environment-prior-to-the-bands-breakup/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=MetalSucks |language=en}}
Critical reception
Vince Bellino of Decibel magazine stated that the group has "earned a reputation up and down the east coast for their fierce political message and chaotic live shows".
Metal Injection reviewed Clever Girl as "10/10" and referred to the album as "an explosive hardcore record that packs tons of aggressive blends of sound, and shows off lots of impressive techniques in the instrumental playing" as well as "an educational experience: for the things happening around us, the fears we’ve never had to experience, or the issues we may have not even been aware of".{{cite web|url=http://metalinjection.net/reviews/sharptooth-clever-girl|title=Album Review: SHARPTOOTH Clever Girl|date=10 November 2017|website=Metal Injection|accessdate=16 March 2019}}
Metal Hammer named Transitional Forms as the 39th best metal album of 2020.{{cite web |title=The 50 best metal albums of 2020 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-metal-albums-of-2020/2 |website=Metal Hammer |publisher=Future plc |access-date=March 12, 2021 |date=January 8, 2020}}
Members
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= Final lineup =
- Marissa Ward - vocals (2022–2023)
- Keith Higgins - guitars
- Lance Donati - guitars
- Matthew Ryan - drums
= Former members =
- Lauren Kashan - vocals (2014–2021)
- Peter Bruno - bass
- Phil Rasinski - bass
- Conor MacNamara - drums
- Josh Hursey - drums
- Jake Drnec - bass
Discography
= Studio albums =
- Clever Girl (2017){{cite web|url=http://lambgoat.com/bits/12306/Baltimore-Hardcore-Band-SHARPTOOTH-Debut-New-Song|title=Baltimore Hardcore Band SHARPTOOTH Debut New Song|website=lambgoat.com|accessdate=6 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207011922/http://lambgoat.com/bits/12306/Baltimore-Hardcore-Band-SHARPTOOTH-Debut-New-Song|archivedate=7 February 2018}}
- Transitional Forms (2020)
= EPs =
- Below The Docks (2014){{cite web|url=http://thenewfury.com/wordpress/band-of-the-week-sharptooth/|title=Band Of The Week: Sharptooth|date=13 May 2015|website=thenewfury.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207010603/http://thenewfury.com/wordpress/band-of-the-week-sharptooth/|archivedate=7 February 2018|url-status=live|accessdate=6 February 2018}}
- Chompers (2015){{cite web|url=https://sharptoothmd.bandcamp.com/album/chompers-ep |title=Chompers EP | Sharptooth |website=Sharptoothmd.bandcamp.com |date= |accessdate=2018-12-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Sharptooth-Chompers-EP/release/10836396 |title=Sharptooth - Chompers EP (File, MP3, EP) |website=Discogs.com |date=2015-08-27 |accessdate=2018-12-21}}
- Imperfect Animal (2022){{cite web|url=https://sharptoothmd.bandcamp.com/album/imperfect-animal |title=imperfect animal | Sharptooth |website=Sharptoothmd.bandcamp.com |date= |accessdate=2022-10-30}}
= Videos =
- "Clever Girl" (2017){{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/sharptooth_sign_with_pure_noise_records|title=Sharptooth sign with Pure Noise Records and other news you might have missed today - News|website=Alternative Press|accessdate=6 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207010832/https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/sharptooth_sign_with_pure_noise_records|archivedate=7 February 2018}}
- "Fuck You Donald Trump" (2017)
- "No Sanctuary" (2018){{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfoGwS3h6XM |title=Sharptooth "No Sanctuary" Official Music Video |publisher=YouTube |date=2018-05-28 |accessdate=2018-12-21}}
- "Mean Brain" (2019)
- "Say Nothing (In The Absence Of Content)" (2020)
- "Evolution (ft. Justin Sane from Anti-Flag)" (2020) {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38_O4rkJqmE|title=Sharptooth "Evolution (ft. Justin Sane from Anti-Flag) " Official Music Video|date=July 9, 2020 |publisher=YouTube|accessdate=September 24, 2020}}