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SWEET TEETH – The Void That Eats The Heart - album review
Hüskerrock, eh? Umlaut onslaught incoming. Never fear though, ‘cos, while SWEET TEETH are sure to send a shiver down the spine of your average Dü fan, there are other influences at play. I will say, you’d expect a thirteen track album of this style to go a little long but it’s clear that this is a band with zero interest in excess; five of these songs don’t even get close to two minutes and, considering we are dealing with a signature mix of Hüsker fuzz and gruff punk melodics, is quite the surprise.
Album opener Goodbye To Love is chunky, melodious and heartfelt, ditto for Turn Off The Light, all chiming, full guitars and vocals that balance warmth with grit. The wall-of-sound guitars on Destroying Planets sound unbeatable, infiltrated by a little DINOSAUR Jr. slackerness, and The Void That Eats The Heart‘s Hüsker/gruff combo is elevated by some distinctly power-pop ‘tones. The steady patience of Heavier Heart draws from this well too, while the neat, melodic punk of Maria is 2000s-era Boss Tuneage in a bottle. Album closer SisMomDad has an expansive opening before ascending to uplifting, those gruff vocals and simple riff imbued with a cute innocence. Broken Hearted Fool, despite having some sweet traditional feels, is hampered by a ponderous pace, easily leavened by the five short beauties I left ’til last (‘cos they rule). We are talking: the pacy, morish Oblivious, the sweet speed of Absolution, Normal People Freak Me Out‘s vein of emotive angst injected with power-pop juice, Worst Case Scenarios‘ hooky urgency and They Only Want To See You Fall‘s fast, Hüsker worship: couple o’ verses, couple o’ choruses, no messing. Really good shit.
Released July 22nd 2026 on vinyl, digipak CD and streaming by Engineer, Scene Police, De:Nihil, Double Helix and Skeletunes.
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