Believe it or not, Sabrina Teitelbaum – who is fast emerging as one of the leading names in gnarled alt-rock – actually started out releasing dark, twisted pop music under the moniker BAUM. Though it’s clear she’s always had a knack for crafting moments of biting wit (case in point: 2019 single F**boy and its smarting one-liner “know all your moves in the sheets, ain’t nothing I haven’t seen”) that project’s accompanying gloss never quite felt like the right fit.
Following a hiatus, during which Teitelbaum was busy navigating through a significant break-up and the death of her mother, F**kboy was supposed to pave the way to a new EP called Curve. Her heart, however, was no longer in it. As it happened, she was working with indie producer Yves Rothman (Miya Folick, Girlpool, Sunflower Bean) on the canned release, and upon hearing the artist’s in-progress demos, he urged her to keep chipping away. It’s here, right before lockdown struck, that Blondshell was born.
