Teether Neil - Yearn IV LP (Explicit Lyrics)
"A powder keg of bangers primed to shake the rat race to it's core" - The
Guardian Australia (Best of 2023)
"Simultaneously chaotic and precise, no matter whether the palette is fierce rap,
punk energy or slinking beats." - Rolling Stone Australia (Best of 2023)
London/Melbourne rap duo Teether & Kuya Neil release their long-awaited
debut album YEARN IV.
YEARN IV captures the brooding and vivid world of two musical outsiders.
Raised by the internet, the pair find their voice amid a sea of clashing cultural
experiences and sonic histories, finding solace in the isolation of contemporary
urban Australia.
Recorded in Melbourne and completed in London, the album captures the duo's
hyper local yet globally influenced rap sound at it's core. Kuya Neil's drum heavy
production collides with Teether's surreal and immersive storytelling, blending
thrash metal and club music aesthetics with the echoes of the early internet.
Lead single 'ZOO' plays with the silent throes of cultural diversity over a
paranoid trap instrumental, 'BLUSH' is a blissed out digital love letter wuth
shimmering autotuned hooks and rave inspired breaks. 'CHANEL' (featuring
Indigenous Australian songwriter Alice Skye) is a guitar driven lament for
Australia's myopic cultural landscape, fading out with "I'll never reach my full
potential here".
Teether & Kuya Neil released their first mixtape GLYPH via Chapter in 2021,
receiving airplay from NTS, Dublab and Australian radio, plus writeups via
Brooklyn Vegan and NME. Four tracks from 'GLYPH' were featured in the iconic
Australian Netflix series 'Heartbreak High' the following year.
2023 mixtape STRESSOR charted in the Australian Independent Top 10 and
made it into end of year best of lists for The Guardian, Rolling Stone and NME
Australia. The mixtape was nominated for Best Hip Hop Album at the 2024
Australian Independent Music Awards and named Album of the Week by 3RRR
and fBI Radio.
Teether & Kuya Neil have performed around Australia and New Zealand. They
have played alongside international peers MC Yallah & Debmaster and They
Hate Change as well as supported veteran alt-rap outfit Shabazz Palaces and
Chicago Footwork pioneer RP Boo.
As a solo artist, Teether has collaborated with New York rapper Billy Woods and
toured with his outfit Armand Hammer in Australia in 2022. In 2024, he opened
for the legendary Kim Gordon. Kuya Neil is an active producer in underground
dance music, releasing tracks on UK labels Chinabot and Moveltraxx and has
toured South East Asia as a DJ and promoter.
Label: Chapter Music
UPC: 747742113062
Release Date: May 02, 2025
Track List
- Scratch the Flea Point
- Zoo
- Cosplay
- Blush
- Chanel
- Dial Up
- Spiderweb
- Way Out
- Hotel
- Ephemera
- Sea Legs
- Bullet Point
- Big Axe