seemingly apocalyptic strains of our current collective state – his objective being to humanise and somehow come to terms with the inevitability and, ultimately, healing nature of destruction. In this sense, the term ‘psychedelic’ refers more to the ability to observe startling and strange occurrences with a fluid, dreamlike sense of attachment. Lyrically, his aim was collage rather than traditional narrative – a fabric of text that reflects the growing chaos of stimuli in our society interrupted by moments of clarity and longing. There are a number of cultural reference points, but they are meant to form a swarm of images, not a literal, linear narrative.
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Credits
About Roomful of Teeth Roomful of Teeth is a Grammy Award-winning vocal group dedicated to reimagining the expressive potential of the human voice. Teeth have collaborated with today’s most compelling musical creators to build a continuously growing repertoire of over 100 new works. Recent performances include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Paris Philharmonie, the Barbican and many others. Roomful of Teeth won a 2024 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for the album Rough Magic , having won a Grammy Award in the same category in 2013 for their debut album. Member-composer Caroline Shaw was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for her work Partita for 8 Voices , which is featured on that album. Teeth’s recordings have been featured on television and in film, including Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline , Netflix’s Dark and Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé .
Singers Estelí Gomez, Mingjia Chen, Tynan Davis, Virginia Kelsey, Jodie Landau, Steven Bradshaw, Thann Scoggin, Cameron Beauchamp Executive Director
Amanda Crider Sound Engineer Randall L Squires Tour Manager Alicia Walter
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