TEEN JESUS AND THE JEAN TEASERS ARE IN ALL OF THEIR GLORY WITH NEW RELEASE

November 13, 2025

5:55 pm

By Bri Ng Schwartz

Photos // Brianna DaSilvia

Glory, the latest EP from Australian indie-rock band Teen Jesus and The Jean Teasers, is a loud and proud eruption that is equal parts heart and rage. The raw lyricism is the kind that can only be achieved by an intimate collaboration, which Anna Ryan, guitarist Scarlett McKahey, drummer Neve van Boxsel, and bassist Jaida Stephenson have achieved not only by knowing each other since their teenage years, but in creating this album while living in the same house.

The group has spent the last decade building a loyal fanbase, all while gaining new audiences opening for rock legends Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters. We had the chance to meet Neve and learn more about the group’s history and all that makes this new album and era so special.

Teen Jesus and The Jean Teasers formed in 2015. You’ve been a band for a decade now! What are you most proud of in the last 10 years? Have there been any surprises along the way that you hadn’t anticipated when first starting out?

The biggest surprise is that we’re still going. We formed the band at a sleepover watching School of Rock for fun, so the fact that we’re still going a decade in is amazing. Every time we get a new show offer, like the Pearl Jam tour in America or our first stadium show with Foo Fighters, all of those massive milestones, the main thing is that we’re still enjoying it.

Did you learn anything about your own stage presence or artistry watching legends like Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters in action?

Watching Matt Cameron on the drums, the way Eddie connects with the crowd, we took a lot away from that. They really put in so much effort at each show. They also put in so much effort with us. It makes such a difference when we’re on tour and we’ve got support acts. We always try to make it super inclusive, and the fact he’s still doing that and he’s in one of the biggest bands in the world is crazy.

Your new LP, Glory, is out November 7th. What can you share about the process of creating that album and the inception of it all?

In the writing process, we collaborated a lot with other artists and we had 50 songs to shortlist from. We had just so much material. With our last project, some of the songs we’d written when we were 16, but everything on Glory is from the past year, past two years. So it’s really relevant to where we’re at in our lives. So that was a completely different process as well.

When we recorded, we stayed at a studio for five weeks and we were living there and recording the album. We’d never done that before and that was really intense, but I think it made everyone so locked in and it made the project really cohesive. I think that just comes with growing up as well. We’re not teenagers anymore.

Do you have a personal favorite song off this album?

I really love “WONDERFUL” which is the closing song. It makes me cry. And then “MOTHER” which is the complete opposite to that song.

I saw that you recently played “MOTHER” live at one of your recent shows. What was the response to that?

It was amazing because the first time we played it live, it wasn’t out yet. So people were really just experiencing it for the first time. It goes on such a journey, and at the end of the song it’s speeding up and it was so funny. It was like people didn’t know what to do. I reckon that’s my favorite to play live.

How would you say that this record compares to I Love You Too?

It’s a lot more mature and it’s a lot more intentional. For a lot of the songs on I Love You we were like 16, 17, it’s like a lot of angsty yearning sort of stuff. There’s still elements of that on this one, but the themes are more mature, we are more mature.

Could you share a little bit more about the themes in this album?

There’s themes of the internal conflict between being really scared of doing something, but then doing it anyway. That’s what “Wonderful” is about. Then there’s a lot of themes of empowerment. Being more confident as young non-males and not being afraid to take up space, experiences that we’ve had with men in the industry.

What can fans expect from your upcoming tour dates?

High energy shows. Obviously playing most of the album, I want to play it all. I don’t know how the hell we’re going to write a set list. It’ll be our longest set as well that we’ve played. Also playing some incredible venues that have been on our bucket list for ages.

And you’re playing Laneway next year! Are you excited for anyone on that lineup?

Obviously Chappell Roan. I just love her set design. I know she’s going to go all out. Alex G. I’m excited to see who Role Rodel brings out as Sally. I want to be Sally.

Don’t we all? We have to start campaigning for you now!

Yeah. I’m honestly so excited for that whole festival run. I’m excited to gain a whole new fan base through that too.

10 years is a long time to grow up with people and learn about who you are as artists and professionals. What do you value most about how you collaborate with one another?

We’ve known each other for longer. I’ve known Anna for 20 years, best friends for so long. We just speak a language that not everyone can understand, and so we understand each other so well. Being able to get to this point where we can share ideas or suggest changes to things and it not be personal is a really powerful thing. I’m proud of the collaboration.