The Jaws of Brooklyn are unstoppable.  

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. "These are songs about love triangles, relationships, and ride-or-die friendships," says Cohen. "They're about the things we all go through. Our sound has some callbacks to the 1960s and early '70s, too, but it's never campy. It's genuine." 

Back home in Seattle, The Jaws of Brooklyn turned to Andy Park to mix Unstoppable's two singles. His involvement added a new sonic landscape to the EP, nodding not only to the band's Pacific Northwest roots, but to the 2020s, as well. If Ben Tanner's production had emphasized their throwback influences, then Park's contributions helped blend those vintage moves with something a little more modern. That blend — the sharp clarity of the 21st century, mixed with the timelessness of a throwback sound — is one of the record's secret weapons. 

"We're continuing to sell out shows and sing our songs to rooms full of people," says Lemon, who worked as a schoolteacher before joining Cohen, drummer Zia Uddin, keyboardist Dana Dysart, and bassist Paul Christofferson as Jaws of Brooklyn's larger-than-life vocalist. "We've always focused on our live show, and that's how we made Unstoppable: by getting into a room together and playing at the same time. That's what we're good at. It's what we love doing." 

That joy is palpable throughout the record, from the organ-driven title track (an empowered tale of survival and selfhood, following a messy breakup) to the Shirelles-sized vocal harmonies (arranged by Dysart) of "Up All Night." Lemon gives the audience a spelling lesson during "Lie To Me," singing "L-I-E to me" with help from Brittany Howard's backup singers, then bids goodbye to a no-good lover with the kiss-off anthem "Done With You." Glued together by craft, chemistry, and camaraderie, Unstoppable is as energetic as its name suggests, shining its light on a buzz-worthy band on the brink of a national breakthrough.