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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the British electronic duo of Joe Andrews and Tom Halstead was inspired by Raime side-project Moin's 2013 self-titled EP.
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  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Jul 13, 2016
    80
    Tooth, with its sharp title, minimalist drum attacks and hauntological synth textures, represents the antithesis of such plurality, reducing dance to its most antagonistic and unflinchingly bare-boned aesthetic and coming up with a new language from familiar idioms, sometimes from other genres.
  2. The Wire
    Jul 18, 2016
    80
    Tooth works brilliantly as a whole, each piece building up tension to breaking point and refusing to offer resolution. [Jun 2016, p.48]
  3. Magnet
    Aug 9, 2016
    80
    Gone are the moments of meditative brooding that made up much of Quarter, replaced here by a bold, tenacious resolve across eight taut, meticulously detailed tracks. [No. 133, p.59]
  4. Jun 10, 2016
    76
    The atmosphere is so consistent, the pacing so uniform, the sounds created with such a defined set of instrumental sources, that all the pieces blur into one.
  5. Jun 8, 2016
    75
    Tooth may not be any less difficult to take in as a whole, but this time around, they've at least offered a slightly easier entry point into the sometimes bleak but fascinating realm they occupy.
  6. Jun 28, 2016
    74
    They return with something more uniquely insidious than anything heard from the label so far, something which attacks and intoxicates in equal measure, completely assured of its success and all the more awe-inspiring for it.
  7. Jun 8, 2016
    60
    It may not be as varied and as inventive as its more radical forerunner, but it nonetheless offers a very penetrating illustration of the post-social, estranged urban environment we often inhabit, doing what it does very well despite doing it a tad too much.

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  1. Aug 20, 2016
    8
    Compared to Quarter Turns, this is a more simple, stripped down sound with a strange richness and density. This album abandons mostCompared to Quarter Turns, this is a more simple, stripped down sound with a strange richness and density. This album abandons most programmed sounds and replaces it with dark string sections and with heavy bass. Not only that, but this album is incredibly consistent throughout. Tooth is a journey; you don't know where you're going, but it's a thrilling, dark adventure. Expand