LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 724399772903
STREET DATE: 08/29/25
CAT#: IOD-91
LABEL: Iodine Recordings
Feel The Teeth captures a band navigating the tension between exhaustion and revelation, pushing through the haze of disillusionment while still searching for meaning. Lyrically, Feel The Teeth reflects the weight of an era that has shifted in unexpected ways—personally, politically, and socially—capturing the complexities of trying to find clarity in a world that often feels out of control.
Where their 2020 album Short Songs for End Times felt like a direct confrontation with the chaos of a fractured world, Feel The Teeth dwells in the quieter aftermath, the moments of clarity amidst the noise. The album is soaked in existential fatigue—tracks like "Nightsong" and "Diamonds" bring us to the edge of the abyss, questioning the worth of it all, while grappling with the weight of personal and collective history. As Nathan Ellis explains, "Nightsong" is a reflection of how time and trauma warp the body and mind: "I don't sleep very well anymore... now I just have these moments between being awake and my hypnogogic hallucinations."
At its core, Feel The Teeth is about grappling with internal conflict. Songs like "Bell Penny" take on self-preservation versus empathy, while "Echolalia" offers a sobering realization of the passing of time: “A song about middle age enlightenment. Realizing that I spent so many years wanting, when all I needed were the moments I had.”
Throughout the record, teeth become a symbol—of the things we try to bury, of pain that refuses to be ignored, and of the subtle violence of everyday survival. Tracks like "Snake Dreams" and "Nothing Certain" explore anxiety and transformation, challenging the listener to not just endure, but to shed old skins and confront what’s lurking underneath.
If Short Songs for End Times was a roaring statement of survival, Feel The Teeth is the moment after—a quieter, more introspective reckoning with what it means to still be here, still searching for meaning, still hoping for something better even when we’re not sure what it looks like anymore. In an age where comfort is a fleeting illusion and the answers remain out of reach, Feel The Teeth is the sound of a band refusing to give up, refusing to let go.
TRACK LISTING:
01. Nightsong
02. Echolalia
03. Bell Penny
04. Diamonds
05. From Now to Now
06. Nothing Certain
07. Shelley
08. On the Wing
09. Snake Dreams
MARKETING POINTS:
- Classic Indie-Rock / Post-Hardcore band from Kansas City, MO
- The band’s first full length release in over five years
- Mastered by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden (Quicksand, Gouge Away)
- US Touring fall 2025 with The Sound of Animals Fighting and This Will Destroy You
- Festival Appearances in 2025, including FEST 23
- Band shares members with Coalesce, also currently touring
FOR FANS OF:
Elliott, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Jawbreaker, Small Brown Bike