TEENAGE DADS – Aussie Breakthroughs Release “Midnight Driving”

With the release of their latest EP ‘Midnight Driving’ fast approaching (out 3 March via Chugg Music),  Melbourne four-piece TEENAGE DADS have today unveiled their latest single and the EP’s title track.

Layering extraterrestrial-esque synths over a slower, bass-heavy melody with melancholy lyricism, “Midnight Driving” introduces a new side and sound to the band — setting the scene for the remaining unreleased tracks on the forthcoming EP.

Nostalgic of late summer nights driving through the Australian suburbs, the band explain the track 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?”

“Midnight Driving” has been a favourite at the band’s live shows for a while now, with fans learning the lyrics from live recordings and flooding their social media posts with comments demanding a drop-date for the track.

Featuring recent singles “Hey, Diego!”, “Teddy” and “Exit Sign”, Teenage Dads’ upcoming ‘Midnight Driving’ EP also features two additional unreleased tracks that take a slight sonic detour from their distinctive upbeat, experimental sound and storylines, offering something new and electrifying for fans by taking a slower, softer and more synth-heavy route.

Uncovering a side of their sound that is a little older and a little wiser, yet just as catchy and adventurous, the band explain that 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.”

An ode to vulnerability, the ‘Midnight Driving’ EP proves again that the indie-troupe are flourishing in bright technicolour.

The new single also follows on from the band’s first-time appearance on triple j’s iconic Like A Version segment in their home country of Australia. Covering The Buggles’ ‘80s anthem “Video Killed The Radio Star”, the band also performed original track “Teddy” which had previously charted in triple j’s Hottest 100 countdown.

Renowned for their energetic and dynamic live show, Teenage Dads will also be bringing their out-of-this-world performance to the UK and Ireland this Spring. Joining good friends Lime Cordiale as special guests in Dublin, Liverpool, Bournemouth, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Newcastle and London, find full dates and details below.

TEENAGE DADS UK & IRELAND TOUR 2023

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16 DUBLIN Olympia Theatre*

18 LIVERPOOL O2 Academy*

20 BOURNEMOUTH The Old Fire Station*

23 CAMBRIDGE Mash*

24 CARDIFF The Globe*

28 EDINBURGH O2 Academy*

29 NEWCASTLE Boiler Shop*

31 LONDON O2 Forum Kentish Town*

*w/ Lime Cordiale

Tickets available now here.

ABOUT TEENAGE DADS

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 in Australia, 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 their home country. Initially announcing 13  dates, demand for tickets quickly saw the tour extended to 23 dates including sold out shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and more.

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