Press kit, Jaws of Brooklyn · Press kit, official use
Based in Seattle, the band's music charts its own geography: a blend of Motown melody, Muscle Shoals soul, and West Coast rock & roll, rooted in girl group glitter and garage grit. It's a sound balanced halfway between past and present. With their newest EP, Unstoppable, The Jaws of Brooklyn build upon the momentum of 2025's Crush On You — whose songs transformed them from hometown heroes into festival favorites — by blurring the lines between genre and generation, creating a throwback-friendly sound for the modern age. With performances at South By Southwest, Bumbershoot, and venues on both coasts, The Jaws of Brooklyn spent 2025 in a whirlwind of transit and transition. Frontwoman Gretchen Lemon had recently joined the lineup, following the departure of their original singer. Her powerhouse presence reenergized the band, and their live performances — which included choreography and thickly stacked vocal harmonies — cemented their reputation as a must-see live act. Driving from show to show, the bandmates listened to hours of music together, bonding over time-tested albums and newer releases. "One of the artists we kept coming back to was Deep Sea Diver, whose last two records were produced by Andy Park," remembers guitarist Bryan Cohen. "We loved that sound, and we decided to ask Andy to mix 'Where Are You?' and 'Lie To Me.'" Like the rest of Unstoppable, "Where Are You?" and "Lie To Me" were recorded with Grammy-winning producer Ben Tanner in Florence, Alabama. Tanner had kickstarted his career as keyboardist for Alabama Shakes, another group whose music merged contemporary songwriting with classic influences. That made him the perfect collaborator for The Jaws of Brooklyn, and Unstoppable took shape in his small studio, located just across the Tennessee River from Muscle Shoals. Vintage drums, single-speaker tube amps, and 1950s fuzz pedals gave the record plenty of analog attitude, but it was the band's songwriting that became Unstoppable's true anchor.
