Teeth by Magana

A Magana interview is available now on POST-TRASH - https://post-trash.com/news/2024/5/20/magana-wades-through-earth-and-space-on-teeth-feature-interview

The 'Teeth' track-by-track is available on THE ALTERNATIVE - https://www.getalternative.com/track-by-track-magana-teeth

The 'Ten Months of Teeth' essay is available on ATWOOD MAGAZINE - https://atwoodmagazine.com/essay-magana-ten-months-of-teeth-2025

Magana has announced ‘Teeth,’ her second album, which will be released on March 25th (to coincide with the Worm Moon’s peak illumination) through Audio Antihero Records (Frog / Cloud / Nosferatu D2) and her own Colored Pencils imprint. Magana is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Jeni Magaña, who has spent the last few years on the road as bassist for Mitski and Lady Lamb, as well as working as one-half of the pen pin pop duo (https://penpin.bandcamp.com) with Emily Moore.

Spun from Magaña’s meditations and synth experiments, ‘Teeth,’ which she describes as “Witchy Rock,” is unlike any of her past works. An album about “regrowth and a new view on the world,” its sound touches on Acid Folk, Alternative Pop, and even Krautrock as she tackles the bleakest and most brutally honest subjects of her songwriting career.

Artist Quote:

“I recorded this during lockdown in the pandemic. The world started to look strange to me, as if I was an alien plopped down in the middle of Los Angeles but with all these human feelings. I wanted this album to reflect that not only in the lyrics but in the soundscapes as well. I wanted it to sound like earth and space at the same time, so I arranged acoustic guitars, strings, and winds to weave in and out of synth lines and electric guitar solos.” – Jeni Magaña

The other two entries in the "Teeth trilogy" are out now:
https://maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/bad-news
https://handdrawnhand.bandcamp.com/album/dreams

Press for Magana:

“The sound of late-night emotional fragility writ large…Recalling Torres and Sharon Van Etten at their most intimate moments…Magana’s parched vocal is a complete heartbreaker.” – The Line of Best Fit

“Brutally vulnerable and beautifully breathtaking, ‘Teeth’ is as visceral and raw as it is dramatically layered: Magana’s sophomore album is an uncompromisingly intimate and spiritual rock record reckoning with trauma, inner connection, the fragility of the human experience, and what it means to be alive.” – Atwood Magazine

“Out today in conjunction with the full moon, Magana’s Teeth wraps up snapshots from singer Jeni Magaña’s past in a lush and mesmerizing soundscape, each track feeling like an invocation of a particular memory, feeling, or train of thought. Instrumentally, Teeth is a mosaic, with crunchy guitars, airy woodwinds, gorgeous strings, and synths that sound like they were summoned from a different dimension blending together beautifully.” – The Alternative

"A strange sound for a strange world, made by an artist determined to use every style available to best communicate their own experience of trying to exist within it." – Various Small Flames

“As anticipation builds for the release of “Teeth”, fans can expect a sonic journey unlike any other, as Magana invites them to delve into the depths of her imagination and experience the enchanting world of Witchy Rock firsthand.” – PureMzine

“Nodding to the bedroom guitar pop beginnings of St Vincent or Cat Power…delivers the haunted resilience of someone who has found self-acceptance.” – London in Stereo

“Through music I have learned the shape of desire – contoured and faceted, with the texture of velvet and the sheen of spilt oil on the blacktop. In Magana I feel it again.” – Collapse Board

“The solo project of multi-instrumentalist and Bakersfield native Jeni Magaña (bassist for Mitski and Lady Lamb), Magana will release their sophomore album, “Teeth,” on March 25. The grief-stricken “Paul” is the latest of four singles, which cover plenty of sonic and emotional ground.” – Buzz Bands LA

“Jeni’s voice is entirely her own, and it’s a magnificent instrument.” – For The Rabbits

"Teeth is a testimony to one’s bravery in facing what they have always feared, and trying to find a way to escape from one’s own isolation." – KRUI

“Magana enters the scene guns blazing with the simple request to be the real deal or no deal at all.” – Impose Magazine

"Magana has a dramatic, floating vocal style that puts her in line with a lot of the big “indie folk” acts of today, but it’s her embrace of more adventurous instrumentation that sets Teeth apart from the crowd more than anything else." – Rosy Overdrive

“Through her song, Magana has the final word — her voice is heard and it’s a wonder how anyone could have ignored it in the first place.” – The Le Sigh

“With what is just the briefest of snapshot Magana has invited us into her world and in the process created something which feels expansive and breathlessly travelled.” – Gold Flake Paint

Tracklist

1.	Garden	1:49

2.	Beside You	2:56

3.	Matter	3:46

4.	Paul	3:54

5.	Break Free	2:26

6.	I Feel Like Ice	3:05

7.	To My Love	3:55

8.	In My Body	4:27

9.	Bones	1:42

10.	I Cannot Breathe	1:48

11.	Afraid of Everybody	2:37

12.	Mary Anne	4:02

13.	xxo	1:15

14.	Girl in Chains	3:03