The Loom has been active in the NYC scene for quite a few years already, so it was kind of unexpected to find out that "Teeth", the album they released on 11.01, is actually their first full length. The band got (deserved) write ups in most music blogs, and was also covered by The New Yorker – which is actually not too surprising, since they can sound kind of highbrow at times. They play a very original brand of alt folk somewhat reminiscent of a more rustic version of early Gomez (see streaming track "Helen"). Their darker and tenser songs (which represent a good share of their output) bring to mind the powerfully moving spoken word singing style of Tindersticks, a phenomenal British band from the aughts not many Americans fell in love with. The Loom has already embarked on an east coast tour – there’s not a NYC date scheduled yet though.
