Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers

One Liner: Raucous but fun punk rock from a pack of Aussie girls
Wikipedia Genre: riot grrrl, punk rock, post-grunge
Home: Canberra, Australia

Poster Position: Bottom Quarter - Line 21
Day: Sunday
Weekend Two Only.

Thoughts: Hell of a band name right there.  Also, I wonder who decided just how many r's should go into the genre name for "riot grrrl"?  Two seems like it would have gotten us there, and four seems like it could have been a fun option.  Three would not have been my first choice.

This foursome was formed in 2015 by 15 year old girls who went to school together in a suburb of Canberra, Australia.  When I was eight, I got to visit Canberra, the lovely capital of Australia.  I recall absolutely nothing of it, other than when we were on the road from Sydney to Canberra a flock of sheep took over the entire highway and we had to wait for the shepherds to move all eighty billion of those sheep out of the way for our big ass tour bus to continue.  Anyway, the band released their first single in 2019 and was named as a Triple J Unearthed feature artist.  Pretty sweet for a bunch of teenagers.  Since then, they've gotten to open for the Foo Fighters (2023) and Pearl Jam (2025).  That would have been funny if I had already seen them before, but they were not on the Austin bill.

My first comparison was Wet Leg, probably because I have been listening to a lot of Wet Leg.  But as I have kept going in this catalog, I think I'd compare it more to The Beaches (here last year) or something more punky like Cherry Glazerr (who was here a few years ago).  It's good fun.  A 2022 EP called Pretty Good for a Girl Band and 2 2023 album called I Love You (which includes the songs from the earlier EP).  So, not a ton of output for a decade-old band.  The top track is on both of those - helpfully titled "AHHHH!"  5.1 million streams.  And again, why four h's?  Is there a proper number of h's to create the sound of screaming?  Wouldn't more h's add to the allure of that song name?  I don't know.

That seems like an excellent song to yell along to at the top of your lungs while seeing this band live.  Pogo jumping all over and yelling WAHOEWAAAAOOOHHAAAAAWWW! over and over.  Good fun - and the breakdown and riffage at around 1:38 jams.  Rip it up, little teenage Aussie bras.  "Girl Sports" is a good one too.  The second-most streamed is "I Used to Be Fun," with 3.5 million streams.

"I used to be fun, until they took my car away."  Stupid parents, man.  They don't understand.

Yeah, this band is a good time.  Even if their name is a mouthful that will be hard to say correctly when I try to remember what I recommend in a month and someone asks, but it is fun business.  WEEKEND TWO ONLY IS BOLLOCKS!!!