Suki Waterhouse - Milk Teeth (EP) - 45RPM Transparent Blue Vinyl

Milk Teeth is a neat little time capsule, released by Sub Pop on 4 November 2022 and stitched together from Suki Waterhouse’s early singles. If you came to her through the runaway surge of Good Looking on TikTok in 2022, this EP feels like the missing map. Six songs, all previously scattered across the last few years, now sit side by side and make a quiet case for her as a writer with a steady hand and a taste for soft-focus drama.

Good Looking anchors the set for good reason. It sways with that late night hush, all chiming guitars and a patient pulse, while Waterhouse leans into the melody like she has all the time in the world. The song went from understated favourite to streaming juggernaut, but it still lands with a private, slightly conspiratorial tone. You can hear why it caught fire online, yet it still sounds like something you could find at the end of the night in a half-lit bar.

The other cuts sketch out a small universe that feels of a piece. Brutally reads like an early diary page set to a slow burn, her voice close in the ear, small details flickering at the edges. Valentine tilts more romantic, with a glimmer that suggests a late drive and the glow of streetlights on the windscreen. Neon Signs leans into that nocturnal mood by name, a little dreamier, as if you’re walking past shopfronts after closing time and hearing the echo of conversations you almost remember. Johanna carries a storyteller’s thread, with a melody that turns on a quietly satisfying hook. Coolest Place in the World is the outlier by title but not by feel, slipping into the circle with ease. None of these tracks try to knock you over. They settle in and reward a second and third spin.

What’s striking, hearing them in one go, is how fully formed her aesthetic was before the release of her debut album I Can’t Let Go earlier in 2022. That album pushed her songwriting into sharper focus, but Milk Teeth shows the bones were already in place. The production across these songs stays tasteful and spare, letting little textures do the work. Reverb that trails like smoke, guitars that glint rather than slash, percussion that nudges rather than insists. It is pop as a whispered confidence.

There is also a kind of sly consistency in the writing. Waterhouse tends to pick a clean image and let it hold the centre, then she circles it with soft harmonies and a slight ache. The result is familiar but not generic. If you grew up on 90s radio or fell for early 2000s indie, this will tug on the same sleeve, yet it sounds contemporary enough to sit on playlists without fuss. That balance is harder than it looks.

On vinyl, the songs open up. Milk Teeth vinyl makes sense because the set already plays like a short film, and the format encourages you to sit with it end to end. Sub Pop’s sequencing keeps the energy tapering and swelling in a pleasing arc, and the mastering gives the low end a little room to breathe. If you are hunting Suki Waterhouse vinyl, this is a smart place to start, especially if you want the early singles in one tidy sleeve rather than hopping between streams. It also sits nicely alongside other Suki Waterhouse albums on vinyl, a compact cousin to I Can’t Let Go that shows where the spark first caught.

If you are crate digging at a Melbourne record store, this is the sort of EP you might pull out on a whim because the cover looks moody and the label logo is a guarantee of a certain quality. If you prefer to buy Suki Waterhouse records online, you will find this one easy to slot into an order, and it ships well with a stack of indie pop and dreamier singer songwriter fare. For anyone in the market for vinyl records Australia wide, it is a safe recommendation, the kind of release that turns casual listeners into fans.

Milk Teeth is not a grand statement. It is a quietly confident collection that gathers a chapter of Waterhouse’s story and preserves it on wax. That is the appeal. No bloat, no filler, just a half hour of songs that glow in low light and keep you company. If Good Looking was the door in, this little EP shows there is a room worth staying in.