Toothy Grin by Anthony Arras & the Most Talented Band
Music is an unexplainable invisible force that asks people of different mindsets to connect on the same wavelength. It melts the illusion of separateness that industrial society has tried to instill in us. The most intimate thing you can do with someone is sing in harmony with them. The quality we wish for all of humanity to attain is available to us right there in a song.
There aren't a lot of things in life that ask so much from us, and perhaps that's what makes people bristle when they hear music they don't like. Accepting a song means accepting the vibration of it into your cells, imbibing its frequencies, living on a different plane of existence.
If you think your heart's grown cold, here is a chance to envelop yourself in the warm, crackling vibrations of this album by Anthony Arras. His voice sounds like he could be any age, living in any time. His songs are coming from the deep wounded heart of America, right in the center of the buffalo's gaze.
I remember once watching TV and seeing Metallica—a band I've never cared much about—play a song. I was brought to tears and shivers watching these four very masculine dudes find a way to play together. The word concert came to mind, that they all had to match tempo and complement the sounds each other were making. If these four dudes who looked like they'd kick my ass in high school had to obey the laws of music, what a powerful force this was.
And yet music is invisible. It's subtle and compliant and weaves through our lives like water. And, like water, it can surprise us with its power when it accumulates in great quantities. It can take over your town. It can change your mind. It can whisk you away to another life.
This album sounds nothing like Metallica. Let's forget I even mentioned them. This is truly a toothy grin, a desire to smile through all the shots to the face we have taken. We didn't grow up with everything we wanted, but we always had music.
- Nick Jaina
Liner notes for Toothy Grin
Tracklist
| 1. | Sell Your Soul | 5:20 |
| 2. | Uncle Philip | 1:54 |
| 3. | Toothy Grin | 3:50 |
| 4. | Down With The Ship | 4:09 |
| 5. | Walking In The Rain | 3:26 |
| 6. | Ten Dollars | 4:00 |
| 7. | Inconvenience (A Dirge) | 2:03 |
| 8. | Nobody | 3:20 |
| 9. | I Don't Want You | 3:34 |
| 10. | Stained Glass | 3:25 |
Credits
Produced by Ryon Westover & Anthony (Arras) Mihaly
Recorded at Grey Gardens, East Nashville, TN
Engineered by Ryon Westover, Assistant Engineer, Kate Haldrop
Mixed & Mastered at Blasting Room Studios, Fort Collins, Co.
Mixing Engineer, Andrew Berlin
Mastering Engineer, Jason Livermore
Musicians by order of appearance:
Zach Setchfield - Electric Guitars
Anthony Mihaly - Acoustic Guitar, Voice
Bob Lewis - Bass
Kate Haldrop - Drums, Percussion
Ben Gallaway - Organ (Sell your Soul, Ten Dollars)
Justin Martin - Organ (Toothy Grin, Stained Glass)
Andrew Berlin - Juno (Down with the Ship)
Hanna Doreen Brown - Voice (Vocal Arrangement, Toothy Grin)
All songs written and arranged by Anthony Mihaly, BMI
Except “Down with the Ship”, Written by Anthony Mihaly & Hanna Brown
Album Artwork by Kaitlin Schramm
Type and layout design by Bethany Chambers
Special thanks to: Kalaway, My father Paul, my brother Drew, Athena, Bleu
