{"id":2200,"date":"2017-05-16T10:10:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T10:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth\/"},"modified":"2019-01-15T19:23:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T19:23:29","slug":"review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Papa Roach &#8211; Crooked Teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/be1f3a7f7d48db41a68931127255cd0e\/tumblr_op9yf0NCOi1r8no6so3_r7_1280.png\" width=\"250em\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>While some may remember <b>Papa Roach<\/b> for their early 2000s success, they\u2019re now on to album #9. In the years following <i>\u2018Infest\u2019<\/i>, the Californian quartet have shaken off the nu-metal tag to become an alt-metal powerhouse. Nevertheless, <i>&#8216;Crooked Teeth\u2019<\/i> sees the band rekindle their admiration for rap-rock but with a healthy dose of big guitars.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8216;Break The Fall\u2019<\/i>, <i>&#8216;Crooked Teeth\u2019<\/i>, and <i>&#8216;My Medication\u2019<\/i>, deliver an early hat-trick of what we\u2019ve come to expect from <b>Papa Roach<\/b>; anthemic hooks, sharp riffs and Jacoby Shaddix\u2019s charismatic, angst-fuelled vocals firmly intact. Together, they settle you in with familiarity but then <i>&#8216;Born For Greatness\u2019<\/i> arrives and kills the momentum. With its pure made-for-radio production, it waddles along with its dominating hip-hop beat and unfortunate basic hook of <i>&#8216;we were born for greatness\u2019<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- more --><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8216;American Dream\u2019<\/i> attempts to put things back on track with another slice of anthemic hard rock, only for <i>&#8216;Periscope\u2019<\/i> to come along and drop the tempo. Joined by songstress Skylar Grey, the mellow, atmospheric number builds admirably but is ultimately anti-climatic.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully <i>&#8216;Help\u2019<\/i> arrives as the album wake up call. A stomping, explosive number that sees <b>Papa Roach<\/b> make use of their best strengths; emotionally-charged and infectious. However, it\u2019s clear <i>&#8216;Crooked Teeth\u2019<\/i> is an inconsistent record. <i>&#8216;Sunrise Trailer Park\u2019<\/i> follows with Shaddix spitting rhymes with Machine Gun Kelly as they reflect on a troubled past, accompanied by police siren sound effects.<\/p>\n<p>The frantic <i>&#8216;Traumatic\u2019<\/i> harkens back <b>Papa Roach<\/b>\u2019s nu-metal days with its dense guitar work from Jerry Holton and rumbling rhythm section. <i>&#8216;None of the Above\u2019<\/i> rounds things off in an ideal fashion, going back and forth between razor sharp guitars, impassioned vocals and slickly produced hip-hop breaks.<\/p>\n<p>Although <i>&#8216;Crooked Teeth\u2019<\/i> suffers from a few ill-advised additions, it\u2019s sure to still please those who have stuck by the band for the best part of 15 years. At its core is a handful of noteworthy songs that are sure to add to <b>Papa Roach<\/b>\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>3\/5<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8216;Crooked Teeth\u2019<\/i> by <b>Papa Roach<\/b> is released on 19th May on <b>Eleven Seven Music<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Papa Roach<\/b> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paparoach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paparoach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paparoach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/paparoach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by S\u00eaan Reid (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanReid86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SeanReid86<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While some may remember Papa Roach for their early 2000s success, they\u2019re now on to album #9. In the years following \u2018Infest\u2019, the Californian quartet have shaken off the nu-metal tag to become an alt-metal powerhouse. Nevertheless, &#8216;Crooked Teeth\u2019 sees the band rekindle their admiration for rap-rock but with a healthy dose of big guitars. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1757,444,1709,12398],"class_list":["post-2200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-crooked-teeth","tag-eleven-seven-music","tag-papa-roach","tag-sean-reid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Review: Papa Roach - Crooked Teeth - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While some may remember Papa Roach for their early 2000s success, they\u2019re now on to album #9. In the years following \u2018Infest\u2019, the Californian quartet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Review: Papa Roach - Crooked Teeth - Already Heard Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While some may remember Papa Roach for their early 2000s success, they\u2019re now on to album #9. In the years following \u2018Infest\u2019, the Californian quartet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Already Heard Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seanreidportfolio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-16T10:10:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-01-15T19:23:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_op9yf0NCOi1r8no6so3_r7_1280.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S\u00eaan Reid\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@alreadyhearduk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@alreadyhearduk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"S\u00eaan Reid\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Review: Papa Roach - Crooked Teeth - Already Heard Staging","description":"While some may remember Papa Roach for their early 2000s success, they\u2019re now on to album #9. In the years following \u2018Infest\u2019, the Californian quartet","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Review: Papa Roach - Crooked Teeth - Already Heard Staging","og_description":"While some may remember Papa Roach for their early 2000s success, they\u2019re now on to album #9. In the years following \u2018Infest\u2019, the Californian quartet","og_url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth\/","og_site_name":"Already Heard Staging","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seanreidportfolio","article_published_time":"2017-05-16T10:10:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-01-15T19:23:29+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_op9yf0NCOi1r8no6so3_r7_1280.png","width":1,"height":1,"type":"image\/png"}],"author":"S\u00eaan Reid","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@alreadyhearduk","twitter_site":"@alreadyhearduk","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"S\u00eaan Reid","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth\/"},"author":{"name":"S\u00eaan Reid","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/484dc00e54dea89663d06cb624a70cd9"},"headline":"Review: Papa Roach &#8211; Crooked Teeth","datePublished":"2017-05-16T10:10:21+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-15T19:23:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth\/"},"wordCount":360,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_op9yf0NCOi1r8no6so3_r7_1280.png","keywords":["Crooked Teeth","Eleven Seven Music","Papa Roach","Sean Reid"],"articleSection":["Album Reviews"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth\/","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth\/","name":"Review: Papa Roach - Crooked Teeth - Already Heard Staging","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_op9yf0NCOi1r8no6so3_r7_1280.png","datePublished":"2017-05-16T10:10:21+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-15T19:23:29+00:00","description":"While some may remember Papa Roach for their early 2000s success, they\u2019re now on to album #9. In the years following \u2018Infest\u2019, the Californian quartet","inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-papa-roach-crooked-teeth\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_op9yf0NCOi1r8no6so3_r7_1280.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_op9yf0NCOi1r8no6so3_r7_1280.png"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#website","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/","name":"Already Heard Staging","description":"Covering the best in alternative music as best as we can","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization","name":"Already Heard","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AH-relaunch-logo-white-bg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AH-relaunch-logo-white-bg.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"Already Heard"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/","https:\/\/x.com\/alreadyhearduk","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alreadyheard\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/already-heard\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/AlreadyHeardMusic","https:\/\/tiktok.com\/@alreadyhearduk","https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@alreadyheard"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/484dc00e54dea89663d06cb624a70cd9","name":"S\u00eaan Reid","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ef81976bb8e011af71a662b656189e99562e2fa47bb3928dfb824b97e133334e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ef81976bb8e011af71a662b656189e99562e2fa47bb3928dfb824b97e133334e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ef81976bb8e011af71a662b656189e99562e2fa47bb3928dfb824b97e133334e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"S\u00eaan Reid"},"description":"Based in Nottinghamshire, S\u00eaan Reid is the Founder and Senior Editor of Already Heard. Since 2008, he has been writing about a variety of bands from around the world for numerous publications. Away from music, S\u00eaan has several interests, most notably watching wrestling and football. You can find S\u00eaan on the following: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram","sameAs":["https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seanreidportfolio","seanreid86"],"url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/author\/sean\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2200"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74997,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200\/revisions\/74997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}