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Lyrics are direct and poetic, each song a slide beneath a microscope, examining the intimate, the infinite, and everything in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBug Teeth began as the self-produced electronic bedroom project of front-person PJ Johnson. From these delicate, lo-fi beginnings emerged a raw, celestial sound, drawing listeners into its unique gravity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFragile and ferocious, a hypnotic push and pull between distortion and stillness. The debut album, Micrographia, bends genre, pulling influences from dream pop, electronic ambience, and breakbeat to craft something that feels both weightless and deeply grounded. Taking its name from an influential 17th century scientific work by Robert Hooke which pioneered the microscope and its use on insects and plants, Bug Teeth’s Micrographia, like its namesake, hones in on the small things, amidst life’s larger struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAlbum opener Tapeworm awakens Micrographia in a childlike state. A deep breath foreshadowing an imminent plunge and the first thread of the intricate world of Micrographia that Bug Teeth have woven. Softness and loss print on the backdrop of percussive whirrs of synthesisers that decorate a tactility in restrained, haunted glockenspiel. Ammonite then flexes the band's muscles. Trademark pulses and control are allowed to be polluted by aggression and the dynamic range of the record. The album feels macro and micro, huge and small all at once. 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