Sharp Teeth

David Karsten Daniels is a North Carolina-based songwriter, with a background of diverse musical experiences. Among them, a childhood of hymn singing; a high school jazz band; formal university training in composition, theory, free improvisation and performance art - not to mention the broad range of influences and inspirations that have been naturally embraced over the years. Sharp Teeth, David's first widely available record and his debut for FatCat, marks the arrival of a fresh and potent talent, an album as ambitious as it is accomplished. Sharp Teeth is a compelling exploration of moral ambiguity and perhaps unavoidable human disconnection, that suggests some kind of modern American folk music in the Southern tradition - often deathly slow, like life in the South, and haunted by religion, but unable to find answers in its Bible. The sounds of the South are there as well - Nashville's slide guitars, nods to Dixieland Jazz, drums, horns and choirs, take their place alongside epic string arrangements, amidst songs that despite their grand scale, manage to be concise and immediate, conveying a distinct love of pop music.