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- Sharpen Your Teeth
- - 252,774 plays
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  - 70 shares
Ugly Casanova
Released 2002

Barnacles
05:05
32,888 plays

Hotcha Girls
04:59
26,048 plays

Things I Don't Remember
03:29
23,743 plays

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- 1
- Barnacles
- 05:05
- 32,888 plays

- 2
- Spilled Milk Factory
- 04:27
- 19,664 plays

- 3
- Parasites
- 03:36
- 21,971 plays

- 4
- Hotcha Girls
- 04:59
- 26,048 plays

- 5
- (No Song)
- 00:26
- 13,062 plays

- 6
- Diamonds On The Face Of Evil
- 03:16
- 19,610 plays

- 7
- Cat Faces
- 03:37
- 23,205 plays

- 8
- Ice On The Sheets
- 06:34
- 16,575 plays

- 9
- Bee Sting
- 00:48
- 12,457 plays

- 10
- Pacifico
- 02:31
- 14,121 plays

- 11
- Smoke Like Ribbons
- 05:15
- 15,910 plays

- 12
- Things I Don't Remember
- 03:29
- 23,743 plays

- 13
- So Long To The Holidays
- 05:56
- 13,520 plays

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album review

The story behind Sharpen Your Teeth is odd yet plausible: a mentally unstable character named Edgar Graham (calling himself Ugly Casanova) met up with Modest Mouse, followed them around on tour, recorded some songs, gave the recordings to labels, and then mysteriously disappeared. Songs on tapes discovered by Sub Pop were later recorded by Issac Brock of Modest Mouse in hopes that Graham would resurface. The first solo record from the singer/guitarist, Sharpen Your Teeth, cuts into raw indie rock with spells of country and folk, while allowing Brock to explore a varying scope of sounds. He gets help from Brian Deck (whose production credits include Tortoise and the Sea and Cake), Tim Rutili of Red Red Meat, and Pall Jenkins of the Black Heart Procession. Ranging from heartfelt acoustic numbers ("Cat Faces") to outright bizarreness with grating vocals ("Diamonds on the Face of Evil"), there's no doubt that the mood sometimes coincides with the enigmatic Graham. ~ Kenyon Hopkin, All Music Guide