Before the show I was one of the lucky few who took part in one of Milk Teeth's 'self care sessions'. This was a nice way to get to know the band in a personal yet informal way. Milk Teeth's singer Becky helped out with making bracelets, drummer Oli picked the tunes, and guitarist Em was happy to talk and help out with arts and crafts. This was a chance for the band to not just get to know their fans but for the fans to meet up and make friends as well. I tried and quickly gave up on making wristbands so instead tried out facemasks with someone I'd just met and drew a poster for the show. Afterwards we took a bunch of selfies which are now on the band's Instagram The self care session was to raise funds for BEAT, an eating disorder charity that has helped Becky many times and is close to her heart. After a blissful hour the opening act Polthergeist (7.6/10) kicked off with a chaotic set. Their singer was frequently placing his mic stand right into the audience, or writhing on the floor while screaming. Polthergeist are clearly an impressive hardcore band, but I had a sense of deja-vu as I've seen many other hardcore bands put on the same show.Fresh (7.6) were chosen perfectly as a support act for Milk Teeth the London punks who are 'Sometimes sad, sometimes happy, always hungry, played a set that was fun, energetic, and felt, well... fresh.
Milk Teeth MK3 are healing the wounds left by a punishing tour schedule and losing two band members, one amiably, the other in mysterious acrimonious circumstances. It hasn't taken long for the band to regroup and playing shows again.
It's obvious that Em is a perfect fit as the new guitarist for Milk Teeth, she's a close friend of both Becky and Oli. What better way to show off the new look Milk Teeth than with a small show in Birmingham playing the 'Be Nice' and 'Go away' EP's in full? Em might not be able to play quite every note that the two guitarists used to but she comes close, as a result Milk Teeth are now sounding tighter and better than ever. The two EP's contain much of Milk Teeth's best songs and heaviest material, and it was heartening seeing the socially awkward teens that attended the self care session, letting loose, moshing and crowd surfing to punk tunes such as 'owning my okayness', 'Fight skirt' and the vicious 'I stabbed you first'. Which Becky admits was written about an old boss. A lucky treat was an airing of two brand new songs, one of which is about 'eating pussy'. Both the new songs fit the grungey pop-punk-ish mould of their better known material. It seems like things are back to business as usual.http://www.milkteethpunx.com/
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