Bug Teeth’s latest offering, “Warp & Weft II,” arrives alongside the announcement that their long-gestating debut album Micrographia is set to bloom on November 21st.
From the first shimmering chord, “Warp & Weft II” lifts you with its gauzy psychedelia and reverie, gently defying gravity. The production, guided by Joel Anthony Patchett (King Krule, The Orielles), deftly balances languid atmospherics with bursts of crystalline clarity: guitar arpeggios breathe, synth pads sigh, and rhythms emerge deliberately, carrying you through a dreamscape that’s both expansive and intimate.
But beneath that sonic lushness lies a raw emotional current. PJ Johnson (they/them), reflecting on grief and memory, reveals the song’s heart. An attempt to “rewrite” past moments with their mother over time, wondering if those softened recollections shift the truth of their relationship. That tension informs every resonant note.
What makes “Warp & Weft II” especially stirring is a singular moment of communal grace sung in harmony by the full band that transforms personal mourning into collective empathy. It’s a subtle reminder that Bug Teeth isn’t just a PJ project there’s a full band here guiding each other through the grief.
Bug Teeth always showcase their knack for translating emotional complexity into transcendent dream-pop. From the ethereal swirl of “Landscaping” or the haunted poetics of “Topiary” they’re building on the foundations further with this new single.
Micrographia, their debut full-length album, can’t come soon enough.
