Welsh alternative quintet teethin return with ‘TOERAGS’, a bruising, sharp offering that showcases experimental, industrial spirit bringing together gritty alt-rock punch with hip-hop undertones to create a dark and unique sonic palette.
An exciting first taste of new material since their debut EP GREED BETWEEN THE LINES, the single continues the bands momentum. Built on glitchy sampling, a deep, churning bassline and splintered electronic textures, the track feels physical before it feels intelligible. Vocalist James Minas navigates a striking range, beat-poetry cadences snapping in call-and-response, before breaking into screams that don’t posture so much as rupture. The effect sits somewhere between the atmospheric weight of Deftones and the exposed, industrial rawness of Nine Inch Nails.
Lyrically, ‘TOERAGS’ takes aim at the casual cruelty of class judgement. Sparked by a real-life argument, a dismissive remark about people from the South Wales Valleys – the track sketches a figure easily written off and interrogates why that dismissal comes so easily to those insulated from it. There’s no neat moral framing here. Instead, the song holds anger and empathy in the same space, refusing to let either cancel the other out.
Minas explains: “Being around people who talk negatively about where we’re from, from a privileged or uneducated place, drives us mad. On the surface it’s easy to write someone off as a mess or a scumbag when they fit the mould — but as our friend Raz puts it, the difference between us and someone without a home is two paychecks. TOERAGS exists to add nuance to that judgement, but also to tell those privileged pricks to do one.”
With rising support across national radio, the band have a growing reputation, complimented by appearances at Left of the Dial and Soho Calling, with further dates lined up for Cowgate Party, Wanderlust and Ceremony Festival in 2026.
Listen to the new single below:
