Songs To Brush Your Teeth To (17th August)
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.
Grace Robinson – is it over?
This week’s list feels pretty eclectic and first up is jazz-trained Melbourne vocalist Grace Robinson’s is it over? which follows on from Grace’s debut harder than you think. Where the first track grappled with Grace’s attempts to heal herself, and her difficult relationship with her body and her self image, is it over? reflects Grace’s coming to terms with these feelings. An acceptance that they will always exist and with that, a choice to carry them, rather than battle them. “The title is a question,“ Grace says, “because I’m still working it out.”
Find out more about Grace Robinson here.
Snake Thighs – Shoulder Pads
Melbourne/Naarm newcomers released their debut single Shoulder Pads this month. A punk, trash-pop, grungy mash up it mixes the band’s sense of fun with a darker instrumental edge. I love the heavy guitars, the layered organ sound on top of this and the shouty lyrics that just bring a chaotic edge and the exuberance of a night out into the track. An incredibly promising debut!
Find out more about Snake Thighs here.
Mertas – CC
I love Mertas’ CC a sassy, tongue in cheek look at email culture. Laced with the Arnhem Land quartet’s typical punk style and energy it’s dripping with sarcasm, blending humour and frustration to build a high octane and entertaining track.
“’CC’ is an anthem for anyone who’s ever lost patience waiting on a reply, decoding corporate jargon, or resisting the urge to smash a keyboard,” explains vocalist Matt McLean. “It’s about the passive-aggressive world of corporate email culture we’ve all had to tolerate when trying to get the information we actually need.”
Find out more about Mertas here.
JACOTÉNE – Aeroplanes
JACOTÉNE returns with a self-described new chapter, hot off the heels of an intimate Melbourne show and last release Shut You Down she’s now dropped Aeroplanes. While still featuring her signature striking vocals through the heart of the track, Aeroplanes definitely feels as though she’s moving a little further away from the soulful side of her sound into a more pop/dance space. The opening drips with reverb, the first hint this might sound a little different, then as the track hits properly it’s the drums driving this one as much as the vocal line. Excited to see where she takes this with future releases.
Find out more about JACOTÉNE here.
Crawlers – ALL WE HAVE IS US.
I love stumbling across a great band from ‘back home’ and Liverpool based Crawlers are just that. The rock trio have returned in 2026 with a spate of singles leading to this week’s EP release of Turn Off The TV. ALL WE HAVE IS US is the final single and the emotional anchor of the project. It refocuses the lens on what’s truly important – the people around us – and is a fitting single from a band who have made community the heart of everything they do.
Holly Minto explains, “It is all about feeling stuck in your head, being super tired of trying to “play it cool” and yearning for a sense of realness and human connection. If we isolate ourselves for the sake of nonchalant-ness we end up speaking to AI or just bottle everything up instead, rather than communicating with the only thing we have in the struggling state of modernity: each other.”
“There’s this big question running through the song – if all we have is each other, why are we pushing away love when it’s the only thing that can actually help? It’s frustrating, and it feels like everyone’s running from love instead of embracing it.”