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Image credit: Hector Clark

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“Teenage Dads are a band that are hitting their stride at just the right time.” – THE MUSIC

“ The music of Teenage Dads lets you know you’re listening to something truly unique.”  – FUTURE MUSIC MAG

“Teenage Dads keep going from strength to strength…” – LIFE WITHOUT ANDY

“the perfect blend of upbeat music, nostalgic lyrics and a melancholy tone that makes TeenageDads’ music unique.” – MOSHCAM

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Mornington Peninsula breakthrough act Teenage Dads have released their highly anticipated Midnight Driving EP and EP closer & focus track Goodbye, Goodbye Again, out now everywhere via Chugg Music.

Already racking up over 1.6 million streams on Spotify across, the Midnight Driving EP features recent electrifying singles Hey, Diego!, and Exit Sign, the band’s Hottest 100 debut single Teddy and EP opener and title track Midnight Driving released just last week, as well as two additional unreleased tracks. “The EP is about perspective. How things look from one point of view, and how they can change over time from another outlook. The songs feel like diary entries, documented internally, like conversations you have with yourself when you go Midnight Driving. A constant, internal form of therapy almost” the band explain. Tackling a variety of genres across the EP, on new single Midnight Driving and the two never heard before tracks, the band take a slight sonic detour from their distinctive upbeat, experimental sound and adventurous storylines uncovering a side of their sound that is a little older and a little wiser, yet just as catchy and sonically adventurous. 

On new focus track and EP closer Goodbye, Goodbye Again, the band dial down the tempo a little to truly embody the knowledge that “Saying goodbye isn’t always easy, and Goodbye, Goodbye Again dives into the desolation you meet at the end. It might not be over forever, but for now it is.” Vocalist Jordy explains “While this was written at the point of a breakup I had been through, it seems the song also takes on the general idea of how difficult it is to say goodbye, whether that’s to a friend, to family, a lover, or even an aspect of your life that you are leaving behind: moving away, starting a new job, retiring.”

The new EP comes fresh off the back of their latest single release last week with Midnight Driving, and the incredibly eerie Halloween-inspired official video clip to go with it. Layering extraterrestrial-esque synths with a bass-heavy melody, Midnight Driving was written whilst “coming to an understanding that a relationship is on its way out. Maybe you don’t want it to end, maybe you do. Depends on which seat you’re in. Are you in the passenger seat begging to go for another drive? Or are you the driver ready to speed off into the night?” Directed by Kyle Caulfield (Three Nights) and shot on location in Melbourne, the band explain “we’ve always wanted to do something less happy-go-lucky, so it was an exciting change seeing ourselves in these spooky settings,”  the end product like “a horror film from the 80s.”

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With no signs of slowing down, Teenage Dads will kick off their national Midnight Driving Tour from this weekend taking their out-of-this-world live show across a 10-stop Australian & New Zealand tour playing their biggest crowds and venues yet. Renowned for their energetic and dynamic live show, the band will also join the 2023 Groovin The Moo lineup playing across six regional stops, before heading overseas with good friends Lime Cordiale playing as special guests on their UK & Ireland tour as well as their own headline shows across Dublin, Liverpool, Bournemouth, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Newcastle and London.

The Midnight Driving EP follows on from the band’s debut in triple j’s annual Hottest 100 countdown coming in at #63 with recent single Teddy, and a first-time appearance on the stations iconic Like A Version segment covering The Buggles’ 80s anthem ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’ and original ‘Teddy’.

Teenage Dads’ Midnight Driving EP out NOW, available HERE

MIDNIGHT DRIVING
AU & NZ TOUR

Tickets on sale now – TICKET LINK

4th March 2023 – The Zoo, Fortitude Valley (Under 18)
4th March 2023 – The Zoo, Fortitude Valley (Over 18) – SOLD OUT
10th March 2023 – The Prince Bandroom, Melbourne (18+)
11th March 2023 – Corner Hotel, Melbourne (Under 18) – NEW SHOW
11th March 2023 – Corner Hotel, Melbourne (Over 18) – SOLD OUT
18th March 2023 – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (All ages)* – SOLD OUT
19th March 2023 – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney (18+)* – NEW SHOW
13th April 2023 – The Tuning Fork, Auckland, New Zealand (AA)
14th April 2023 – Meow, Wellington, New Zealand (18+)
15th April 2023 – The Loons Club, Christchurch, New Zealand (AA)

*Supported by Noah Dillon & Hallie

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Hailing from Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula, the breakthrough indie-act are showing no signs of slowing down. Teenage Dads kicked off 2022 playing to some of the biggest audiences to date as special guests on good-mates Lime Cordiale’s 14 Steps To A Better You national tour, followed up with a feature slot on Spacey Jane’s Here Comes Everybody national arena tour. Wanting to give their fans the full headline experience, Teenage Dads kicked off their 11 stop Exit Sign tour over May & June 2022, and wrapped up their Ready Teddy Go tour in December 2022 after playing a run of sold-out, headline shows across the country. Initially announcing 13 x dates, demand for tickets quickly saw the tour extended to 23 x dates including, sold out shows at Brisbane’s Black Bear Lodge, the Gold Coast’s Vinnies Dive Bar, Sydney’s The Lansdowne (3 x sold out shows), and Melbourne’s Nightcat (3 x sold out shows), Northcote Social Club and Gasometer.

The band were also nominated for Best New Artist in the 2022 Rolling Stone Awards Australia alongside names including Genesis Owusu and MAY-A.

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MIDNIGHT DRIVING EP

OUT NOW EVERYWHERE VIA CHUGG MUSIC 
LISTEN / STREAM HERE

GOODBYE, GOODBYE AGAIN

OUT NOW EVERYWHERE VIA CHUGG MUSIC 
SPOTIFY 
APPLE MUSIC 
YOUTUBE

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