TERI FALINI

A four piece based in San Francisco. Comparable to...? You decide.
'SUN UNDER ME' was released on June 7th 2005. Recorded at Tiny Telephone and Hyde Street Studios; Mixed by Sylvia Massy Shivy and Rob Veltrop at RadioStar Studios; Mastered by John Cuniberti at the Plant Studios.
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Look out for the 2nd LP from Teri Falini, due fall of this year!
Reviews
SUN UNDER ME is a collection of songs that gives vent to both Falinis anger and joy. The inspiration that life took from Falini , it has replaced tenfold.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"SUN UNDER ME is a startling debut recording. It could be the catharis that launches a career
INK 19
"Falini covers some serious issues as well, including cutting and stepping outside of the childhood fantasies of white picket fences and knights in shining armor. Teri Falini is definitely someone to watch, with her gritty nature, her wit, good looks, and don't forget talent! Guys will want her and chicks will want to be her."
SCORE MAGAZINE
Aggressive, grungy rock from the San Francisco-based quartet named for it's lead singer, whose gritty but melodic vocals recall everyone from P.J. Harvey to Patti Smith and Kim Deal.
CURVE MAGAZINE
Though not pretty in the traditional way many female vocalists strive for, the singers voice is still a pleasure flat and controlled, only hinting at the emotion that lies coiled beneath the surface like a snake about to strike. Whether shes expressing rebellious feminist ideas on The Good Life and Cinderella or simply awing listeners with powerful imagers on songs like Broken Man, Falini has a message, and shell be damned if anything stands in its way. The achingly sexy lyrics of Lick My Wounds shouldnt have to complete with pima donna musicianship. Instead, sensual yet introspective guitar work compliments the lyrics.
THE EMORY WHEEL
Editiors Pick, Best Unheralded Releases
Teri Falini is about as far from "chick rock" as it gets. Yes, she's a woman. Yes, she rocks. But don't get her confused with the slick sounds of The Donnas and Avril Lavigne. Think of Teri Falini as The Donnas before they hit it big. She plays garage rock more in the vein of Liz Phair. Well, OLD Liz Phair, that is. In fact, "Mental Health" could be mistaken for something from "Exile in Guyville." You get the idea. If you want to hear a woman who can sing, play guitar AND kick your ass while doing it, Teri's your girl.
IMPACT PRESS
Indie-pop goddess Teri Falini’s impressive debut album, “Sun Under Me” is a collection of startlingly intense paeans to the pleasures and pains of life and love. Against a backdrop of grungy guitars and a solid, fluid rhythm section, she sings her expressive lyrics in a voice that, while not exactly pretty, is utterly convincing.. As a vocalist, she doesn’t preen or pose – she just sings it like she means it. Producer/guitarist Mark Caputo does a fine job disguising the fact that Ms. Falini only has a few melodic bows in her musical quiver. His multi-faceted arrangements and sympathetic guitar work give each song an individual musical identity, while providing a cohesiveness that allows the album to work as a whole. It’s not all sweat ‘n’ spite, though; Teri’s got a sly sense of humor that she uses to temper some of the angrier songs (like the opening one-two punch of ‘The Good Life’ and “Cinderella”) and she displays a softer side on the acoustic closer, “Ice Lover’s Mouth”. She is now reportedly hard at work completing the follow-up to this remarkable record.
HERBERT SHERBERT REVIEWS
"The combination of infectious melodies and emotive delivery makes Falini a convincing communicator".
LEONARD'S LAIR UK
Where have the women of rock on? Love can't stay out of court, Phair's gone pop and Morisette cut her hair. And now we're calling Avril rock n' roll. Don't fret·look no further than Sun Under me, hate me, beat me, fuck you, rock hard on under the guise of grinding power chords, biting lyrics more abrasive than pretty, often evoking visceral images on the ups and downs of life, Falini's honesty is the perfect antidote for today's pimple-faced pop.
THE OWL MAG
Her songs explode with a weight and tenderness ostensibly missing from my ever-growing stack of CD's in the review cue.
MERCHANTS OF SOUL
"There's a general theme that seems to be a mix of fire, blood, hurt, anger, and sadness as well as a little "Fuck you!".
COLLECTED SOUNDS
"Falini has a style separate from other artists, mostly in the form of personally written lyrics and a voice that convinces listeners that this music means more to her than simply sales."
THE PITT NEWS
"Teri Falini has that girl-next door look and appeal. She's the punk rock chick that everyone knows and no one expected to make it big. Well, let me be the first to welcome you, Teri. Now, just remember me when you hit MTV2."
UP & COMING MAGAZINE
"Musically, it's strong. Real strong."
THE INDEPENDENT MUSIC SITE
"Sun Under Me is an energised post-Pixies lollup."
THE NEXT BIG THING
Falini has a 13-track punk, garage collection full of attitude and energyIce Lovers Mouth has only Falini and Joe Ayroso on bass. You hear a lot of this type of thing in metal, but it is much more difficult when you do it pretty much alone for a five-minute song. The fact that she pulls it off shows the depths of Falinis talent.
SOUTHBOUND BEAT MAGAZINE
"My fave for this list is Ms. Teri Falini. "Bended Knee" will take you far."
BETTER PROPAGANDA
"Teri is a cross between two Kims, Deal and Gordon which looms large across the whole album as does PJ Harvey & Patti Smith."
WHISPERIN' & HOLLERIN
"Magnapop-style rock'n'roll with tons of attitude and good guitar riffs. Very New York."
HYBRID MAGAZINE
At moments, the style is like Nirvana with a female vocal. Now, before you say "You mean the first Hole record?" let me explain. Teri Falini has a dirty style of playing. It's rock in the sense of early 90's grunge, pre-pop-punk eplosion. Her vocals are haunting sometimes. Often times she sounds hoarse and dingey. It works, especially with what she's trying to accomplish. When she doesn't seem to be channeling the late Kurt Cobain, I hear Catherine Wheel mixed with the slower tunes of Veruca Salt. There's a lot of power behind these songs, and often she finds herself pushing the envelope.Where most female musicians fronting bands seem to be mock-divas, Teri Falini reminds me of bands like Bikini Kill and The Donnas before signing to a major label- the music is what it is, she isn't trying to be what she's not, and you couldn't give a crap how her voices sounded as long as she rocked out and delivered a good lyric. Now, Falini sounds better than both of those acts... that's just where she seems to be coming from.If your the type who is sick of their female rockers trying to ape either Gwen Stefani or Amy Lee, check Teri Falini out. This is how girl rock stars should sound, just as rough as the males...
PUCKNATION
Teri rocks like Liz Phair or PJ Harvey in their mid-90s hey-day or maybe a lass trashy L-7. Her music is raw but kinda catchy, with none of the radio sheen that so many artists use to clean up their sounds.
SELLOUT MAGAZINE
Can she write? Can she sing? For Teri Falini, the answer is yes on both counts.
NOW WAVE MAGAZINE
To look at the cover of this CD, you would think it is a nice singer/songwriter girl, like Michelle Branch, but once you stick the CD in, you change your mind really fast. She sounds just like you would expect a punk girl to sound and she has the abitity to control it for slower songs to something pleasent sounding. Her voice is something that keeps me coming back for more.
BUMSCORNER.COM
Il semble qu'une Bridget Jones sommeille en chaque fille. Prenez Teri Falini. Une dure à cuir, une vamp rock'n'roll, qui n'a pas peur des grosses guitares et des paroles salées. N'empêche, c'est un vrai cœur d'artichaut. Dès les deux premières chansons, il est question de prince charmant et de Cendrillon. Teri Falini a eu les mêmes rêves que toutes les petites filles, mais les désillusions sont passées par là. Il n'y a qu'à lire la description de l'Américaine modèle: "success, a flower dress, all your life, ending in a minivan, the good wife" ("The Good Life"). Plus loin, le mythe du prince charmant est démonté de façon lapidaire: "And then he came on his white horse, and now you're totally bored". Comme elle n'est pas contente, Teri enrobe ses comptines désabusées de grosses guitares, que la production FM ne cherche pas à affiner. Et vous savez quoi ? C'est mieux comme ça. Teri Falini n'a pas besoin de dépouiller ses chansons pour émouvoir. Elle ne geint pas sur fond de guitare folk. Elle ne pousse pas non plus de cris déchirants de fille torturée. Elle ne minaude pas. Elle chante simplement de sa voix de mâcheuse de chewing-gum, avec une décontraction toute californienne, par-dessus des guitares jouées par des mecs tatoués. Elle n'a pas l'air bien fréquentable, c'est vrai, avec ses platform shoes et sa mini-jupe. Mais ses chansons tiennent la route : belles mélodies, morceaux accrocheurs, voix nature, production "mainstream" mais on a dit qu'on s'en fichait. On pense irrémédiablement à Liz Phair, dont elle pourrait être une cousine californienne. Comme elle, c'est une écorchée vive un peu bravache, impudique ("I lick my wounds for you") et provocante. Le genre à sortir seule au bar du coin et à repartir avec le premier molosse venu, avant de se réveiller au petit matin devant une télé allumée, dans un appartement glauque. Le genre à en faire une chanson belle à pleurer, comme "Chopsticks". Ici, dans le genre poignant, il y a "Cut". Teri s'y taille les veines en se demandant "But what does it mean that I don't believe in God or anything ?". Une fille compliquée, en somme : allumeuse et paumée, féminine et virile, lucide et autodestructrice. Une Cendrillon des temps modernes. Mais ne lui parlez pas de prince charmant.
POPNEWS AOUT
Teri Falini, sometimes brash, sometimes sultry, always right to the point. Her lyrics bite and tear from the inside out, her words burn as they leave her lips. Teri's music is far from the ordinary, with driving electric guitar grooves laced with bittersweet sentiments of life and love. In her songs "Cut" and "Good Life", she sings about the shadow worlds left hidden too long behind brightly painted doors, telling stories sometimes uncomfortable to hear. Teri's album is a photo-book of life turned up-side down, then right-side up again... a musical flame to illuminate those dark corners of our hearts...
- Sylvia Massy-Shivy (grammy award winning producer/engineer)