Tele Novella - Poet's Tooth (CD)

CD edition. As Tele Novella, Chronis (who performs in the beloved and rekindled indie pop band Voxtrot) and Ribbons (who previously performed in the long-running ""Victorian punk"" project Agent Ribbons) have spent their past two albums creating ""Medieval outsider country"" on 2016's House Of Souls and 2021's Merlynn Belle. Poet's Tooth - the band's second album for Kill Rock Stars - steers the duo's whimsical western-tinted quality into fascinating new directions: cinematic-pop balladry on the autoharp-tinged opener ""Young & Free,"" gently clip-clopping Americana-folk on ""Hard-Hearted Way,"" and bass-driven funk on the wry ""Eggs In One Basket."" With help from producer Danny Reisch, Tele Novella have crafted their most genre-rich, poetic, and sincere album yet.