Baring Teeth – the Dallas, Texas-based trio specializing in crafting atonal discordance and ethereal dissonance –are gearing up to release their fourth full-length The Path Narrows via I, Voidhanger on October 20.
Acting as their debut on the Italian platform of aural dark arts, The Path Narrows perfectly sums up how Baring Teeth has spent the recent years of plague in meticulously refining what is undoubtedly their most artistically lush and vibrant album to date.
Decibel proudly premieres the new album in full.
“The Path Narrows was largely written during the COVID quarantine. We worked on our parts in isolation, which is a lot different than our usual method of hashing things out in rehearsals. It resulted in an album that is unique in our catalog but still representative of our style,” the band shared in a statement.
“We experimented more with samples and synths to create a more cinematic album structure and were very focused on how the entire record flowed rather than focusing on each song independently. The album’s theme was inspired by Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Sundial’, which delves into mass hysteria and the origins of a cult mindset in a small community. The ‘limiting’ of things and experiences was very much at top of mind during COVID.”
Since their debut full-length Atrophy (2011, Willowtip), Baring Teeth has made prominent waves in both the global and their local scenes, as the trio’s tangible signature tonalities flourishing through visceral and cutting instrumentation to the haunting textural ambiances are certainly the type to take note of. This concoction was further solidified on their second album Ghost Chorus Among Old Ruins in 2014, and went on to reach its culmination point on the 2018’s Transitive Savagery.
Now, on the eve of the band’s fourth effort The Path Narrows, the act shows that there can be something significant and worthwhile even beyond an apparent climax. Having worked on the material of The Path Narrows throughout the past four years and the pandemic by means of constant transformations, revisions, and the trials and errors that tend to arrive with them, Baring Teeth is now emerging anew with a newfound sense of solidity and form.
