Songs To Brush Your Teeth To (24th 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.

Lahgo – What I Need

Image of band Lahgo taken with a house in the background — Credit: Supplied

I love the balance of rock and alt-pop on Lahgo’s latest track. “It’s giving Kylie” I yell at the same time by partner says “it sounds a bit like Suede”, and it’s this mix of early 90’s influences that really bring the energy on What I Need. There’s punk notes floating through the track too, and it’s infectiously enjoyable. Bailey shares a little more about the single below:

“I wanted to capture the complex relationship I have with my sister and how difficult it can be to navigate at times,” confesses Bailey. “She’s my favourite person in the world, and someone I’ve looked up to my whole life. As inspiring and as loving as our relationship is, it’s also honest, direct and sometimes confrontational.

There’s a constant push and pull between wanting the people you love to tell you you’re doing everything right, and knowing that what you really need is for them to be honest about your flaws and the times you’ve got it wrong. I think the strongest relationships are the ones where you can support each other unconditionally while still holding each other accountable.”

Find out more about Lahgo here.

Worm Girlz – Broken Tooth

Image of band Worm Girlz taken against a dark background — credit: Tayla Lauren

I love love love Worm Girlz, and their latest song Broken Tooth is no exception. The track gently explores the fragments of ourselves we leave behind (a broken tooth on the bitumen for example) as we move through our lives. It contains their signature emotive storytelling as it traverses trauma, memories and whether we really do leave the past behind.

“I always find it weird visiting my hometown, as it is a place that holds memories in every corner,” explains Jade. “I often wonder about the parts of myself I have left behind there and if the memory of me haunts people the way that they haunt me. This song is about that feeling, the images and history that places and your memory can hold even when people are gone.”

Find out more about Worm Girlz here.

navy june – routine avoidance

image of band navy june taken in a park or grassland area — Credit: supplied

I love this folk/indie blended track from Perth band navy june. There’s an emotive gentleness to the vocals that sucks you into the feelings behind the song. As it builds into a rockier track, you feel the anger lurking behind the grief too. Lingering in the uncertainly after a heartbreak, it explores the juxtaposition between growing beyond someone, and wanting to move on yet missing them and still having unresolved questions.

Speaking on the track, Ruby Barton-Taylor shares:

“‘routine avoidance’ tells the story of heartbreak, resilience, and taking back control. It’s about being torn between wanting their validation and needing to let go, spiralling through grief, anger, and obsession while searching for a way to move forward.”

Find our more about navy june here.

Tori Forsyth – Today I Woke Up and Chose Violence

Image of Tori Forsyth with gothic styling — Credit: Jazmyn Arté

Honestly, I think this track speaks to my energy most days at the moment. It echoes the frustrations of so many women in so many places and getting to that point where you’re just fed up. The song features Tori’s typical blend of country and alt-rock influences which add to the angry energy underpinning the storytelling. She’s shared that her upcoming album is one of big feelings, and this certainly sets the scene.

Speaking about the new single Tori says, “I’m fed up with being treated a certain way as a woman. I want to be loud, and I want to be messy. I wrote this for the girls who want to rage against the machine… It’s the revolt against your kindness being taken advantage of, good intentions being manipulated and your benefit of the doubt being exploited. It’s the point where enough is enough, feminine rage is born, and everyone’s about to meet the father figure in you.”

Find out more about Tori Forsyth here.

Lotte Gallagher – WISH

Lotte is such a wonderful lyricist, and WISH is a prime example. I love the short staccato phrasing in the verses as Lotte explores an all-consuming relationship, switching from obsession to indifference as she navigates the complexities of this. Tinged with 90’s nostalgia it’s driven by moody guitar riffs and a strong drum beat alongside Lotte’s powerful vocals.

“WISH is about an intensely co-dependent, consuming relationship where you know the relationship is unhealthy, but you desperately want to remain entangled in it. There’s a really interesting tension between wanting someone completely and yet feeling completely used by them.” – Lotte Gallagher

Find out more about Lotte Gallagher here.

Songs To Brush Your Teeth To (24th August)