Grapetooth

Grapetooth is a Chicago-based new wave-influenced duo. The project, which consists of Clay Frankel and Chris Bailoni, was started in 2015.

Grapetooth
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	New wave, indie rock, synth-pop
Years active	2015 (2015)–present
Labels	Polyvinyl
Members	Clay Frankel Chris Bailoni

Career

Twin Peaks member Clay Frankel and Chris Bailoni, also known as Chicago producer Home-sick, met in 2012 through mutual friends. Three years later in 2015, the two bonded over similar musical tastes while out a bar and made a resolution to create music together. Frankel and Bailoni stumbled into the group’s sound after writing their first single, “Trouble.” ^[1] Calling the project Grapetooth as a reference to Frankel’s wine consumption, the duo began playing and gathering attention at wild-mannered shows in Chicago. Grapetooth shared their second single, “Violent” in May 2018^[2] and they released their debut album "Grapetooth" on November 9, 2018 on Polyvinyl Records.^[3] On February 12, 2020 Grapetooth, alongside fellow Chicago-based Musician Lala Lala, released a pair of singles, "Fantasy Movie" b/w "Valentine", on Hardly Art Records.^[4]

Musical style

Noisey describes their single “Violent” as an earworm where “synths bubble over a pulsing drum machine and a bouncy Cure-like guitar riff.”^[5] Frankel and Bailoni cite ‘80s Japanese new wave, Arthur Russell, and Spacemen 3 as major influences.

Discography

Albums

• Grapetooth (2018)

Singles

• "Trouble" (2017)
• "Violent" (2018)
• "Infinite Source" (2022)
• "Shining" (2022)