Yearn IV

"A powder keg of bangers primed to shake the rat race to it's core" - TheGuardian 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-awaiteddebut 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 culturalexperiences and sonic histories, finding solace in the isolation of contemporaryurban Australia.Recorded in Melbourne and completed in London, the album captures the duo'shyper local yet globally influenced rap sound at it's core. Kuya Neil's drum heavyproduction collides with Teether's surreal and immersive storytelling, blendingthrash metal and club music aesthetics with the echoes of the early internet.Lead single 'ZOO' plays with the silent throes of cultural diversity over aparanoid trap instrumental, 'BLUSH' is a blissed out digital love letter wuthshimmering autotuned hooks and rave inspired breaks. 'CHANEL' (featuringIndigenous Australian songwriter Alice Skye) is a guitar driven lament forAustralia's myopic cultural landscape, fading out with "I'll never reach my fullpotential here".Teether & Kuya Neil released their first mixtape GLYPH via Chapter in 2021,receiving airplay from NTS, Dublab and Australian radio, plus writeups viaBrooklyn Vegan and NME. Four tracks from 'GLYPH' were featured in the iconicAustralian Netflix series 'Heartbreak High' the following year.2023 mixtape STRESSOR charted in the Australian Independent Top 10 andmade it into end of year best of lists for The Guardian, Rolling Stone and NMEAustralia. The mixtape was nominated for Best Hip Hop Album at the 2024Australian Independent Music Awards and named Album of the Week by 3RRRand fBI Radio.Teether & Kuya Neil have performed around Australia and New Zealand. Theyhave played alongside international peers MC Yallah & Debmaster and TheyHate Change as well as supported veteran alt-rap outfit Shabazz Palaces andChicago Footwork pioneer RP Boo.As a solo artist, Teether has collaborated with New York rapper Billy Woods andtoured with his outfit Armand Hammer in Australia in 2022. In 2024, he openedfor the legendary Kim Gordon. Kuya Neil is an active producer in undergrounddance music, releasing tracks on UK labels Chinabot and Moveltraxx and hastoured South East Asia as a DJ and promoter.