Major milestone for Peninsula’s Teenage Dads

Peninsula four-piece and ARIA award-winners Teenage Dads have released their second album and have embarked on another major tour.

Since their 2018 debut Potpourri Lake, Teenage Dads have sold out numerous headline shows around Australia and throughout the UK, the US, Canada and Europe, picking up multiple awards along the way. Now they’re hitting the road again to promote Majordomo, introducing their new record to major cities across Australia and New Zealand with Melbourne singer-songwriter Phoebe Go and Adelaide rising star Aleksiah.

“A major-domo is a person whose job is to make arrangements or take charge for another; someone who runs the enterprise,” the band said in a media release. “We wanted to take that word and explore themes of control: how sometimes you might be the major-domo seizing the day, and others you are falling from the sky in a box, unable to do anything.”

Majordomo is described as “a fusion of different soundscapes ranging from the more nostalgic, colourful and light songs of more recent times to the punchy, alt-rock anthems that pay tribute to the band’s earlier sound, all the while highlighting the band's growth since their debut. Majordomo is not just a musical evolution but a testament to Teenage Dads' commitment to authenticity and artistic integrity”.

Last year saw the band sell more than 10,000 tickets in Australia and play more than 90 shows internationally and at home, including Splendour In The Grass, Groovin The Moo, Yours & Owls and the inaugural SXSW Sydney 2023. Their EP Midnight Driving debuted at No.2 on the ARIA album charts, and they wrapped up their biggest year yet by taking home the ARIA award for Breakthrough Artist Of The Year.

After their current Australasian tour, the band will be heading back to the US to join indie-pop royalty Dayglow as the main support on his US headline tour.

Teenage Dads play the Forum in Melbourne on September 14.