Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers Announce Debut EP & National Headline Tour
Rapidly rising Australian punk rock stars TEEN JESUS AND THE JEAN TEASERS are thrilled to announce their debut EP Pretty Good For A Girl Band (May 13 via Domestic La La), along with the new single Girl Sports and an 11-date national headline run on the Pretty Good For A Girl Band EP Tour, which will see the four piece travel through WA, Qld, NSW, VIC, SA and Tas this August and September.
Written in honour of the male dentist who said that bassist Jaida Stephenson should stick to “girl sports” after knocking her teeth out skating, Girl Sports showcases a new musical breadth to Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, with darker guitars and biting lyrics. On the single, vocalist Anna Ryan shares, “‘Girl Sports’ specifically is basically a big middle finger to all the men that have treated us like we’re less than in the music industry and to call out the losers that think it’s okay to catcall women literally everyday. It’s like a big GROW UP and treat women better cause we’re just so sick and tired of it. We want everyone that has ever felt like this to have something they can belt out their frustration to.”
Pretty Good For A Girl Band is Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers proclaiming they are a force to be reckoned with no matter their gender identity. For as much as there’s a collective sense of self-assuredness among the band, Pretty Good For A Girl Band attests that their success has come in the face of being undeservedly underestimated. At large, amongst the biting lyrics of Girl Sports, the EP is less about the group spitting pure frustration, and more about holding up a mirror and sparking reflection and constructive conversation. Pretty Good For A Girl Band also features the singles AHHHH! and Miss Your Birthday, the latter which the band co-wrote with Alex Lahey, with James Tidswell of Violent Soho lending production.
“Despite the fact that we yell ‘fuck off’ a lot in ‘Girl Sports’, it’s not that we hate every man ever. It’s shit that this stuff happens to us, but we know where we stand and won’t let it get to us,” shares Anna Ryan. “It’s also a broader educational moment because it’s not only men that have said “you’re pretty good for a girl band” to me. I’ve had so many girls come up to me and say that or ‘I love this whole girl band thing you’ve got going on’. I’d like to think this EP can show anyone, ‘hey, if you’ve maybe ever said this or thought this, then we can all change together.’”
Embodying a quiet confidence and resolve like never before, Pretty Good For A Girl Band is a powerful documentation of Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers figuring out who they are and voicing what they stand for. It’s the result of a band refusing to meet anyone’s projection of who they should be, how they should sound, and what they should say – and that especially goes for sexist dentists.
PRETTY GOOD FOR A GIRL BAND
RELEASED MAY 13
(Domestic La La)
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Tracklist:
- AHHHH!
- Up To Summit
- Miss Your Birthday
- Girl Sports
- Bull Dragon
TEEN JESUS AND THE JEAN TEASERS
PRETTY GOOD FOR A GIRL BAND 2022 TOUR
Tickets on sale now via:
teenjesusandthejeanteasers.net
