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01. Dark Tooth Encounter - Alloy Pop
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02. Dark Tooth Encounter - Honey Hive
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03. Dark Tooth Encounter - Weeping Pines
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04. Dark Tooth Encounter - Radio Bleed
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05. Dark Tooth Encounter - Deep Sleep Flower
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06. Dark Tooth Encounter - Hyper Air
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07. Dark Tooth Encounter - Engine Drone
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ARTIST
DARK TOOTH ENCOUNTER
TITLE
Soft Monsters
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
LEXICON DEVIL
CATALOG #
LEXDEV 021CD
LEXDEV 021CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
8/5/2008
Dark Tooth Encounter
is the name of the new music project out of California from
Yawning Man
/
Ten East
lynchpin,
Gary Arce
, and drummer extraordinaire, Ten East's
Bill Stinson
. Although joined by
Scott Reeder
(
Kyuss
,
Obsessed
, etc.) and
Mario Lalli
(
Across The River
,
Fatso Jetson
, etc.) on almost all of the tracks on this debut, the approach is much more experimental and cerebral than many of the players' previous work, sounding like an update on the classic '70s art-rock of
Brian Eno
. With Gary supplying guitars (including lap steel) throughout, as well as keyboards and electronics; metronomic beats, angular guitar and fuzzed-out bass, Dark Tooth Encounter remain a unique proposition. Purely instrumental and aided by the astonishing production and studio work of
Mike Shear
, their music is a mixture of several different elements. There are two almost rootsy-sounding tracks with "Weeping Pines" and "Engine Drone" (a 9-minute epic that brings to mind the acid-fried guitar workouts the
Meat Puppets
once perfected); a breezy space-rock number such as "Deep Sleep Flower," which borders on
My Bloody Valentine
shoegazer territory; the minimalist, aggressive drive of "Radio Bleed"; and the quieter, plaintive passages in "Alloy Pop" and "Hyper Air." Anyone with an interest in post-punk instrumental rock will get a kick out of
Soft Monsters
. Their sound incorporates small elements of the players' other outfits, sure, but there's also hints of math-rock, prog and shades of country-rock and psychedelia. DTE have already caught the ears of
Ash Ra Tempel
's
Manuel Göttsching
and
Pell Mell
's
Steve Fisk
, both of whom wish to work with the band in the future, but for now you have
Soft Monsters
, an album sure to be loved by stoners and art-rockers alike.
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