Dark Tooth Encounter - Soft Monsters
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Soft Monsters

Label Lexicon Devil ‎– LEXDEV021
Format CD, Album
Barcode 9326425802892
Country Australia
Released 01 May 2008
Genre Rock
Style Post Rock, Alternative Rock, Downtempo, Space Rock, Ambient, Psychedelic, Experimental, Instrumental
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Dark Tooth Encounter is the name of the new music project from Yawning Man/Ten East lynchpin, Gary Arce, and drummer extraordinaire, Ten Easts Bill Stinson. Although joined by Scott Reeder (Kyuss, Obsessed, etc.) and Mario Lalli (Across The River, Fatso Jetson, etc.) on a few of the seven tracks on their debut album, Soft Monsters, 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 Eno. With Gary supplying guitars (inc. lap steel) throughout, as well as keyboards and electronics, along with the metronomic beats of Bill Stinson and contributions from Lalli and Reeder, 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 in "Weeping Pines" and "Engine Drone" (a 9-minute epic which remains the albums centrepiece and masterstroke, a phenomenal work 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 theres also hints of math-rock, prog and shades of country-rock and psychedelia. DTE have already caught the ears of Ash Ra Tempels Manuel Gottsching and Pell Mells 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.

1 Alloy Pop 4:44
2 Honey Hive 6:02
3 Weeping Pines 5:11
4 Radio Bleed 5:54
5 Deep Sleep Flower 5:36
6 Hyper Air 4:00
7 Engine Drone 8:23
Artwork [CD Art], Design – Dave Lang
Artwork [CD Art], Design – Ian Underwood
Recorded By, Engineer – Mike Sheer
Written-By – Dark Tooth Encounter
Written-By – Gary Arce
Packaging: standard plastic jewel box case, clear tray, 12 page stapled cover booklet.

Track times not printed on sleeve art.

Recorded and engineered by [... at SST Studios, Long Beach California.

Advanced Darkness Music BMI ©.

© Dark Tooth Encounter / Lexicon Devil 2008.
Barcode – 9 326425 802892
Matrix / Runout – LEXICONDEVIL LEXDEV021 c805006 080502144N
Mastering SID Code – IFPI LB80
Mould SID Code – IFPI 2N24
Rights Society (Publishing) – BMI
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