Songs To Brush Your Teeth To (6th July)
Songs To Brush Your Teeth To is our regular new music update where we bring you five songs to listen to each week – our suggestion is to do that while brushing your teeth so you make new music a good daily habit, but honestly, you can listen whenever you like. We won’t judge.
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Read on for this week’s recommendations.
Rhiz and The Sugarplums – Thinking Too Much
Rhiz & The Sugarplums released their second album this week, a classic country collection refracted through a contemporary Australian lens. We loved Thinking Too Much, the album’s opening track. Rhiz’s soaring vocals are perfect, and the track blends traditional country elements with modern pop structures which give a refreshing, yet retro sound. It’s also got this fabulous trumpet solo!
Find out more about Rhiz and The Sugarplums here.
Charli Lucas – Drinking About It
Charli Lucas has to have some of the finest storytelling of the current generation of up and coming pop stars. She blends slice of life normality with poignant emotions to produce such relatable pop songs, and Drinking About It is no exception. The song tells the story of the first stages of a break up where you’re trying to working out how to separate your lives. It’s more stripped back and mellow than a lot of Charli’s other work making it all the more emotive.
Find out more about Charli Lucas here.
AmyJo Doh & The Spangles – It’s a Girl
Punk-with-a-purpose rockers AmyJo Doh and The Spangles release their higher energy track It’s A Girl! this week. The song begins by centring on a gender reveal party but spins into all of the times women have been written out of history. Driven by strong guitars and its rapid pace the track is passionate and angry without tipping into aggression, making its point around femininity perfectly.
“It’s not about gender,” says Doherty. “It’s about reconnecting with the feminine energy in all of us — compassion, respect, harmony, empathy. Look where all that anger and ‘divide and conquer’ energy has actually gotten us. Enough is enough. The time has come for change, and it starts with each one of us.”
Find out more about Amy Jo Doh and The Spangles here.
Avery Cochrane – Toy Gun
Sometimes it’s just one lyric of a song that really draws me in and before I know it I can’t look away. That’s exactly what made Avery Cochrane’s Toy Gun stand out this week in a week of very strong pop releases. “I booked a ticket to your guilt trip once every month” sung atop this glossy, campy pop track was the line that had me hooked. It perfectly nails the theme of this track, the feigned bravery of having to put on a strong face for a romantic partner who is insecure whilst secretly also struggling with the relationship. The synth layers that give this song a little bubbly texture also further emphasise that contrast and it’s a great tune from this rapidly rising singer.
Find out more about Avery Cochrane here.
Gypsy Lee Ft. Evie Irie – I Hope You Like Crazy Girls
I Hope You Like Crazy Girls is the latest release from Gypsy Lee (and possibly the last before upcoming EP On A Mission From God and Gucci). It embraces being proudly unapologetic, as it tells the story of two friends embracing chaos and refusing to shrink themselves to fit anyone else’s expectations. It’s both heart-on-your-sleeve emotional at times and powerful self-confident at others, reflecting the depth Gypsy Lee packs into her pop music. Speaking on the track she shares:
“Women are often made to feel ashamed of being emotional or feeling things too deeply, I wanted to reclaim that label and celebrate the fun, freedom and joy in embracing every side of yourself.”
Find out more about Gypsy Lee here.