Teeth Lost, Hearts Won

For the Grates' debut album Gravity Won't Get You High, their signature animal was the giraffe. It was a fitting match: that year, the album towered over all the other beasts, made mammoth strides, and won the affection of the people, both here and abroad. Two years later, The Grates present their second album, Teeth Lost, Hearts Won, an entirely different animal altogether.

"If Teeth Lost, Hearts Won was a beast, I imagine it'd be like something from Where the Wild Things Are," Patience says. "They're big and scary. But they've also got this sensitivity, and pick up the little kid and protect him." Alana thinks. "Or maybe the griffin in Alice in Wonderland," she says. "He's like a lion and eagle together, but a really gentle creature."