Rapidly rising stars TEEN JESUS AND THE JEAN TEASERS today announce a string of national tour dates in QLD, NSW, VIC, SA and WA this November in support of ‘I Love You Too’, the deluxe edition of their critically acclaimed debut album ‘I Love You’, out Sept 20 via Domestic La La in AU/NZ and Mom + Pop for rest of the world. ‘I Love You Too’ features their new single Dull feat. Softcult which has been added to full rotation on triple j.
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers are also set to tour the USA for the first time this Sept/Oct, with headline shows in Los Angeles, New York City, and to perform at Ohana Festival alongside Pearl Jam, Alanis Morissette, Idles, Kim Gordon, The Breeders and more. On their return to Australia, they will perform at Big Pineapple and NYE on the Hill festivals.
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers’ intensely warm and melancholic new single Dull feat. Softcult takes the challenging route of sitting still with your own thoughts, rather than working overtime to keep busy and distract yourself from them. It’s a companion-song of sorts to I Used To Be Fun, vocalist Anna Ryan shares, “Dull has similar themes to I Used To Be Fun. We had been talking about how it feels to not have that motivation like we used to, to go out and party, and that it’s often harder to sit with yourself and be alone with your thoughts rather than just distracting yourself with thing after thing! The lyrics “find it hard to take it slow, burning out and now it’s shows” really resonates with me and I think it’s like coming to terms with the fact that distracting yourself constantly is unsustainable. It’s good to learn to just sit with stuff and take it frikken easy!!”
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers stepped into new sonic territory on ‘I Love You’ to create an expansive debut album well beyond their years. The individual strengths of their four distinct personalities in the band shine through, with their core dynamic based on a shared love and mutual respect for each other’s work ethic and talent. This continues on ‘I Love You Too’, with the three new songs showcasing the breadth of their craft spanning the delicate melodic moments on Dull, as well as two as-yet-unreleased songs, Please Me and we thought it would be a good time but it was a bad time.
And, since the release of I Love You, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers have been unstoppable – debuting at #6 on the main ARIA Chart, selling out their national album tour, placing at #52 on the Hottest 100 (I Used To Be Fun), opening for Foo Fighters in Naarm/Melbourne last December and being named one of Spotify’s New Noise Artists To Watch in 2024. They’ve since raked in a slew of accolades including nominations for Australian Album of the Year at the J Awards, Song of the Year (I Used To Be Fun) and Emerging Songwriter of the Year at the APRA Awards, Best New Artist and Best Single (I Used To Be Fun) at the Rolling Stone Awards, Independent Song of the Year (I Used To Be Fun) and Best Independent Rock Album or EP at the AIR Awards, and winning Artist of the Year at the Music ACT Music Awards. This is a band never to be pigeonholed, and definitely never underestimated.
Formed during high school in their hometown of Canberra in 2019, TEEN JESUS AND THE JEAN TEASERS – Anna Ryan (they/them; vocals/guitar), Scarlett McKahey (she/her; guitar/vocals), Jaida Stephenson (she/her; bass) and Neve van Boxsel (she/her; drums) – made their mark with their debut EP ‘Pretty Good For A Girl Band’ (2022), which featured Girl Sports that landed at #55 on the triple j Hottest 100 and saw praise from The Guardian, triple j, frankie, The AU Review, Music Feeds, The Music and Kill Your Stereo among others. Now based across Dharawal Country/Wollongong, Ngunnawal/Canberra, and Naarm/Melbourne, the band have graduated into an astute group of early twenty-somethings, just as concerned about issues facing today’s women, non-binary people and young people everywhere as they are with making music that continues to push the boundaries.
‘I Love You Too’ will be released on September 20 via Domestic La La – PRE-SAVE HERE
‘I LOVE YOU TOO’ TOUR DATES
Tickets on sale 9am (local) Thursday 27 August from teenjesusandthejeanteasers.net
Fri 1 Nov – Freo Social – Walyalup/Fremantle, WA
Sat 2 Nov – Lion Arts Factory – Kaurna/Adelaide, SA
Thurs 7 Nov – Princess Theatre – Meanjin/Brisbane, QLD
Fri 8 Nov – Liberty Hall – Gadigal Land/Sydney, NSW
Sat 9 Nov – Northcote Theatre – Naarm/Melbourne VIC
With thanks to SUPER DUPER
