Melbourne trio Teeth and Tongue bring their dreamy, haunting, electronic pop to the GoodGod Small Club this Friday, where they are appearing in a double headline show with Sydney dreamers Songs.
Jess Cornelius is the driving force behind Teeth and Tongue, a moniker which she originally developed as a vehicle for her own solo projects. However, it has now evolved into a fully-fledged collaborative effort for the release of Tambourine, the band’s second album, which came out earlier this year. The permanent members are Marc Regueiro-Mckelvie on guitar, Damian Sullivan on bass on vocals and, of course, Jess on vocals, along with her beloved 505 drum machine.
After a successful debut with Monobasic in 2008, and then being named a triple j next crop artist in 2009, the last couple of years have seen the band tour extensively across Australia, including performances at the Falls and Laneway festivals, as well as travelling to Europe.
Undoubtedly it is Jess’ her obsession with her drum machine that lends the band’s sound a quite precise edge, which is fused with elements of elegiac early 90s grungy pop, to create something quite new and up to date.