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Words: Mia-Jo Vickers

As part of their UK headline tour, Australian band Teenage Joans stopped by Sound City to chat about their debut appearance at the festival and much more.

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So I’m here with Teenage Jones outside, Arts Club in Liverpool, and you’re about to play your first show of your first UK tour. How excited are you? 

TJ: It’s pretty cool. We’re so excited. 

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Have you got any Liverpool bands you’re loving at the moment?

TJ: Oh, I don’t know if you have recommendations. Let us know. We know that it’s the Beatles’ city. So maybe The Beatles. 

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You’ve also just finished touring with Biffy Clyro. How was that? 

TJ: Oh, my god. It was so fun, amazing, yeah! What an incredible band as well.

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Did you spend a lot of time with them or get to learn anything from them?

TJ:We hung out with them a little bit. They were lovely. We actually were just saying before we were talking to them about Dr. Pepper. They really like Dr. Pepper. Because I love Dr. Pepper. It’s like my favorite drink. I was wearing a Dr. Pepper shirt, and they were like, ‘Oh my kindred spirits!’

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You also released ‘Bandits’ a couple months ago. What’s the inspiration behind the single?

TJ: To be honest—actually, we’ve been listening to a lot of country music. While we’ve been here, which is really off-brand for the UK. We’ve got our American country playlist, but yeah, we just wanted to write a country song. It’s like country rock. It’s really fun. Something different.

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You’re also teasing a new single at the moment as well, do we have a name for this single? 

TJ: It’s called ‘Coming Up From Hell.’ and it comes out on May the 8th.

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Is this a sign of something bigger, maybe like an EP?

TJ: Yeah, oh, maybe something bigger than that, an album is coming and ‘Coming Up from Hell’ was the first track on the album as well, as in the track listing!

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Favourite band or artist? 

TJ: Five Seconds of Summer.

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Favourite song of yours to play live? 

TJ: Probably ‘Five Things I Can Taste’ is one of them, for sure. Bandits! Bandits! 

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Your dream venue to play?

TJ: The O2 Arena. In London.

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One of your favorite albums?

TJ: I think my favourite album is Norman fucking Rockwell by Lana Del Rey, I’m a Lana girlie. 

I think mine is ‘Feel Something’ by Movements. I have too many to think about, to be honest.

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Finally, what is one of your biggest inspirations when it comes to your music? 

TJ: I guess Five Seconds of Summer— just name dropping them again. Yeah, we’re super inspired by them!