Songs To Brush Your Teeth To (11th May) – Five Songs You Should Listen To This Week
Songs To Brush Your Teeth To is our weekly list of new music recommendations. Mostly Aussie acts with the odd international discovery all the tracks go on our Songs To Brush Your Teeth To playlist along with tracks from the past couple of months!
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Azure Ryder – North Star
I love the little folk and country influences on North Star by Sydney singer/songwriter Azure Ryder. The track focuses on love and is carried along by Azure’s warm vocals. She knows exactly when to put the power behind these too!
On North Star Azure shares “This song is what I hope it feels like for me to love you. An ode to who I am, the way I give my heart and the way I hope it is received. Love I’ll always reach for, lover I’ll forever be, and love, we all deserve. One that dares to see you, dares to hold you, and dares to dream with you every step of the way. North Star breathes deep in a kind of love that is crucial we believe in, this magical thing that’s always with us and guiding us like the stars that live above us far beyond forever and ever.”
Find out more about Azure Ryder here.
Dyan Tai – My Cvnty Business
Never have I been more here for the energy of a song. My Cvnty Business is a hyper pop track all about autonomy and a statement about being left alone in a world where gender is still treated as public property.
“This track is about telling people to mind their own business. Strangers who like to ask if someone is a boy or a girl, or my favourite question, “where are you really from?”. That’s my business, not theirs,” says Dyan.
It’s a bold, fierce release that reflects a move for Dyan Tai from pop into a more dance focused, club sound. It also has this funky percussion running through it and it’s a total banger.
Find out more about Dyan Tai here.
Joan and the Giants – Mamma Don’t Cry
Poignant Mamma Don’t Cry is the latest release from Joan and the Giants. It tells the story of the moment lead singer Grace Newton-Wordsworth confides in her mother about her abusive relationship to her journey of recovery and transformation as she moves into a share house with three strangers. The track starts as almost a delicate, fragile whisper before building into a powerful song as Grace repeats the mantras “Mamma don’t cry for me” and “I am home”. It’s one of those tracks where you can feel the cathartic nature of writing and releasing it. Your heart breaks for Grace, and then it swells as you realise she’s ok, and it’s a guiding light for so many others to know they’ll be ok too.
Find our more about Joan and the Giants here.
Scratching – Malvern Star
Perth alt-pop duo Scratching’s recent track Malvern Star is one of those songs you just keep coming back to. Written from the perspective of a child tasting independence for the first time, the vocal effects added to enhance this feeling make it a uniquely captivating song. Coupled with jaunty guitars it has a real feel-good vibe before switching up a little with some more complex distorted instrumental layers and freer more powerful vocals later in the track. It’s unlike anything I’ve heard, creative and genre-defying laced with rich story telling. This track truly draws you into its world.
Find out more about Scratching here.
Suzi – Short Lived
Suzi’s Short Lived captures that time in a relationship when you’re completely swept away with someone. I absolutely love the staccato short phrases that open each verse. They convey that speed of falling for someone so quickly and when you’re trying to learn as much about them as possible. Musically, it’s a rocky track with heavy guitars, and probably controversially, I prefer this side of Suzi’s sound. She balances her voice well against the instruments so nothing gets lost and I love the way she uses the energy from the instruments to create an ebb and flow in the mood and pace of the song.
Find out more about Suzi here.