After nearly two decades adrift, Teenager—the short-lived but influential project of Nick Littlemore (PNAU, Empire of the Sun) and Pip Brown (Ladyhawke)—has resurfaced with ‘Sail The Seas’, the second single from their long-awaited follow-up record Fourteen, due later this year.
Nick came over and we pretty much wrote Sail The Seas in a day. We were writing it for an ad or something and then we loved the song so much it ended up becoming a Teenager song, which I’m very, very glad about. We wanted to write something really fun and hooky, which was almost like a chanting kid’s melody, but with our Teenager take on it.” – Ladyhawke
Formed in 2004, Teenager made a splash with their cult debut Thirteen in 2006, a frenetic mix of electro-punk chaos and pop ambition that featured collaborations with members of Sonic Youth, Van She, The Presets, and The Birthday Party. But as their solo paths skyrocketed—Brown under the Ladyhawke moniker, and Littlemore with PNAU and Empire of the Sun—the project quietly dissolved, leaving behind a record that would grow in reputation across Australia, the UK and US.
Now, 18 years later, the pair are back—not to relive the past, but to rewrite it. ‘Sail The Seas’ builds on their original foundations with a fresh palette of euphoric synths, propulsive bass, and an undercurrent of punk attitude. It follows the equally hook-laden ‘A.A.’, marking a confident return that doesn’t so much pick up where they left off as launch in a brand-new direction.
Recorded across continents and years of scattered collaborations, Fourteen has been a slow-burning labour of love. But with each release, it’s clear that Teenager’s return isn’t just nostalgic—it’s necessary.
Stream ‘Sail the Seas’ HERE.
