Underoath drop new single, Teeth: “We dove into a pretty exciting territory”

Underoath are back with a brand-new single, Teeth.

Described as a look at the band’s ‘new era’, the track follows last year’s Lifeline (Drowning) and Let Go standalone bangers, and perhaps even promises what’s to come from a potential full-length album in the future, too…

“With our new track Teeth, we dove into a pretty exciting territory for me – something I’ve always wanted to explore with this band but never felt was possible,” enthuses frontman Spencer Chamberlain.

“It almost has a vibe reminiscent of classic hip-hop samples or something that Linkin Park might have done, which I find so cool. I never imagined we’d actually pull it off in an Underoath song, but it came together so naturally.

“Lyrically, the song puts you in a scenario of predator and prey, and in this case, I’m the prey. I’m challenging the other person to confront their cannibalistic nature, explaining to me what it feels like to tear through my life as I bleed out in front of them.”

“One thing we keep coming back to as we embark on this new chapter of the band is just lean in,” adds guitarist Timothy McTague. “Nothing is ‘not us’ and I think we remembered we can do whatever the fuck we want, Instead of trying to write a specific type of song… we just let it write itself.

“I think the really difficult and meaningful work as an artist is knowing when to get out of the way and creativity is sometimes letting the song write itself and not trying to mould it into something it isn’t. Now, more than ever, I personally think that song shave an identity and almost a soul if you let them and that’s what Teeth is to me.”

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