Some covers arrive politely. Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers chose detonation. Returning to the triple j Like A Version studio today, the ARIA-winning four-piece took on t.A.T.u.’s 2002 juggernaut All The Things She Said and dragged it from icy millennial pop into something louder, rougher and gloriously alive.
The original remains one of the defining singles of its era: urgent, melodramatic and impossible to ignore. Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers understand that the song’s power was never just in its hooks, but in the sense of panic and release running underneath it. Rather than mimic the glossy blueprint, they amplify the tension through guitars, bruised momentum and a live-wire vocal performance that lets the chorus hit like open road speed.
It is a smart choice for a band who have built their name on turning emotional friction into movement. Where t.A.T.u.’s version felt trapped in its own internal storm, Teen Jesus make it feel like the walls have already come down.
The cover lands alongside the release of GLORY deluxe, an expanded version of the band’s acclaimed second album. New additions include fresh tracks ‘BATH WATER’ and GO WASTE MY TIME, plus stripped-back reworks of fan favourites including ‘TALKING’, ‘DAYLIGHT’, ‘MINE’ and ‘WONDERFUL’.
Of the new single, the band say it is a plea to relationship time-wasters everywhere: if you do not like someone, stop wasting their time. Direct, efficient, no committee required.
Guitarist Scarlett McKahey says the acoustic reworks came from a desire to show a different side of the band and test how the songs function away from their usual volume and velocity. It speaks to a group increasingly interested in expansion rather than repetition.
Produced by Catherine Marks, GLORY debuted in the ARIA Top 10 and confirmed Teen Jesus as one of the sharpest young bands in Australian guitar music. Their rise since 2022’s Pretty Good For A Girl Band has been swift, but not accidental.
Next week they begin an Australian and New Zealand tour, before heading back to North America later this year for headline dates, Warped Tour in Florida, and shows with Jimmy Eat World on the Bleed American anniversary run. The band has progressed hugely since Backseat Mafia has caught them over the years.
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