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.
TEEN JESUS AND THE JEAN TEASERS
PRETTY GOOD FOR A GIRL BAND 2022 TOUR
Friday August 12 – Indian Ocean Hotel, Scarborough, WA
Saturday August 13 – Mojos, Fremantle, WA
Friday August 19 – Brightside, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday August 20 – Burleigh Bazaar, Gold Coast, QLD
Sunday August 21 – Riversounds, Bellingen, NSW
Thursday August 25 – Unibar, Wollongong, NSW
Friday August 26 – Crowbar, Sydney, NSW
Saturday August 27 – Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Friday September 2 – Corner Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday September 3 – Jive, Adelaide, SA
Saturday September 10 – Unibar, Hobart, TAS
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.