Tei Shi makes sultry debut
As is instantly obvious from the cover, Tei Shi’s debut album “Crawl Space” is a meta-project of facing fears — a tarantula is pictured crawling on Tei Shi’s face as her eyes roll back euphorically. The album name originates from her biggest childhood phobia — the dark — and her struggle with insomnia. Deciding to confront her fear, Tei Shi — known off-stage as Valerie Teicher — endured the pitch black of a crawl space in her childhood home, which acts as a motif throughout the album.