Back in 2000 a few friends who had grown up in Edinburgh listening to 80’s and 90’s New York Hip-Hop, and who had been learning their craft for 10 years, set up a group called Eaters. The members of Eaters came from the heart of Edinburgh’s leftfield hip hops scene, originally part of The Pesky Varmints in the 90’s which mushroomed into Edinburgh collective Incorporeal with other TPV veterans the Pen Pushers. Since then they have released various albums and eps, frequently as part of Edinburgh based net label Black Lantern Music, and getting occasional acclaim and supporters across the globe such as Sage Francis and DJ Billy Jam (WFMU – New York). More recently rapper Laughing Gear also featured on This Is Not Pop, an acclaimed album featuring some of the best of Scottish rappers and nominated for the SAY (Scottish Album of the Year 2017 – SMIA Award).

Eaters – Quiet Man (Rapper and Producer), Laughing Gear (Rapper), Tuck Pendleton (producer) - make hip hop which has one foot in the sample based production of the golden age, and another in the kind of electronica you’d expect to hear from DJ Shadow or Alias (Anticon). While the group allows its individual artists the space to create solo efforts under the Eaters banner making for a varied back catalogue, All Eyes and Teeth is a collective affair focused around Laughing Gears socially aware narrative. Subject matter ranges from news media integrity to a description of the cycles of revolutions and what might be the voice of capitalism personified. But they still include some shit talking head-nodders to keep things interesting.
At 17 tracks across 55 minutes, and with guest appearances from fellow Edinburgh vocalist Obsolete (Pen Pushers), you have an album with plenty of variety to get your teeth into. And this is an album rather than just a collection of mp3 shuffle ammo. Eaters themselves view All Eyes and Teeth as the start of a new phase in their recording, upping the stakes with more focused releases, more bass and polish, more looking to make the best tunage possible.
Eaters back catalogue is available on Free Music Archive (link below) and without any formal promotion they still managed to find enough organic audience to amass almost 200k downloads and listens across the globe. All Eyes and Teeth it the latest evolution of this ever adapting group.