Teeth
The single that signaled the band's move to drum machines and synths.
Working Men's Club, from Working Men's Club (2019)
Minsky-Sargeant wrote it. The Quietus reports that after the band signed, Heavenly's Jeff Barrett heard his electronic home demos and suggested recording "Teeth" as a single. It was released digitally on July 15, 2019, with a video directed by Jak Payne, and on 7 and 12 inch on August 23, 2019, with a Gabe Gurnsey remix; Anthony Naples remixed it too, and the Gurnsey remixes were collected as an EP in 2022. It is track nine of the debut at 3:41.
Asked what it meant, Minsky-Sargeant said it is a metaphor, which could be about losing your mind or what you feel inside, and that the aim was to confuse people, in a good way. The Quietus called it a gurning, throbbing indie techno attack, the Guardian's Alexis Petridis darkly menacing disco with bracing guitar squall, and NME an industrial party anthem; DIY heard LCD Soundsystem cowbell patterns. Setlist.fm lists it in 74 of 155 Working Men's Club setlists. We found no covers or samples, and do not know which version our upload carries.
Sources
- Teeth, Heavenly Recordings (2019-07-15)
- Working Men's Club interview, The Quietus (2020-02)
- Teeth, Northern Transmissions (2019)