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Teeth & Tongue
Genre: Indie, Rock
Region: Melbourne, VIC
Members: Jess Cornelius plus: Patrick Millman, Steve Masterson, Marc Reguiro Mckelvie.
Sounds Like: bat for lashes, Lou Reed
Influences: ESG, The Verlaines, The Chills

Over the past year Teeth & Tongue has performed with Juana Molina (Argentina) Mountain Goats (US), Bachelorette (NZ), Jen Cloher, Philadelphia Grand Jury, Beaches, Wagons and Songs, and has toured the country with Jack Ladder and Kid Sam.

Jess has just filmed an episode of the hit SBS television music show 'Rockwiz' as a guest musician, and released Teeth & Tongue's new single 'Sad Sun'.

In November last year Jess Cornelius released Monobasic, her first full-length release under the moniker Teeth & Tongue. Essentially a solo project, Monobasic combined elements of pop, garage and post-punk with metronomic precision and haunting vocals, resulting in radio favourite 'There Is A Lightness To My Bones' and hypnotic crooner 'Stacey Come Over'. Mess and Noise magazine called the album "One of the most damn listenable releases of 2008", The Age EG called it "a brilliant rough-cut gem".

This year sees the creation of Teeth & Tongue mach II; a more spontaneous realisation of ideas in the form of band mates Steve Masterson (Bird Blobs), Marc Reguiro-Mckelvie (Popolice) and Patrick Millman, a unit who have been performing live as Teeth & Tongue for the past six months. The sound is grittier and looser- a band's interpretation of Jess Cornelius's captivating songs but it retains its mysterious beauty.

Teeth & Tongue is currently on tour with Ned Collette and a new album is planned for early 2010.

Reviews of 'Monobasic': "...Cornelius's songs are strange, intriguing beasts; "Come From Nowhere" has a touch of the Siouxsie Sioux '80s gothic thing about it..."Stacey Come Over is one of a few that sound like good post-punk such as Public Image or Magazine. Sometimes she's PJ Harvey, shouting and cursing and being blue. Sometimes she's Joan As Police Woman, all languid and sexy and poetic. It's very good. "- Chris Johnston, The Age.

"Jess Cornelius' sassy solo debut (as Teeth & Tongue) is a soulful, lo-fi work of genuine intrigue." Dan Rule, Music Australia Guide

"Beautifully raw and affecting, Jess Cornelius's voice makes you sit up and take notice..." - MX Magazine

"...Completely captivating" - Three Thousand

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Played on triple j There Is A Lightness To My Bones
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There Is A Lightness To My Bones
rating:  4/5
This is really beautiful stuff. Her voice might drive some a little nutty, but I like it. The whole thing floats along effortlessly. The only bit I d...
triplej



There Is A Lightness To My Bones
rating:  5/5
A beautiful and unsettling pop song in the tradition of Kate Bush and PJ Harvey. The stylish production blends basic percussion with moody guitar par...
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There Is A Lightness To My Bones
rating:  4/5
There is a lightness and a murky depth to this song, the instruments creating an air of breeziness yet slight foreboding. Jess' voice is a strong poi...
triplej



There Is A Lightness To My Bones
rating:  5/5
I find this song really mysterious. The melody is really quite strange and quite theatrical. It's very dark and constantly takes you somewhere differ...
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