Dying Hearts, Active Minds With TAHLIA And CAHLI From TEENAGE JOANS

Interview by Ali Williams
Teenage Joans members Tahlia Borg and Cahli Blakers took time out
to chat with HEAVY about their new track, My Hearts Dead, and their
current tour with Slowly Slowly.
Hailing from Radelaide, Teenage Joans were winners of JJJs
Unearthed High back in 2020, and since then they have flooded the
air waves with a string of melanchol,y pretty punk rock hits. In
their short time on stages, they have racked up some impressive
achievements from playing the same stage with Foo Fighters to
rocking it on the festival runs at Laneway, Good Things, Groovin
the Moo, Unify and more.
The girls are excited to be touring with fellow Aussies Slowly
Slowly, being huge fans of the band themselves, and are looking
forward to warming up the crowds for the shows. Their music
resonates with fans as they aim to give their punters the full
homegrown experience, being very hands-on with all they produce
from their music to videos and even their merch. Not only do
Teenage Joans enjoy the DIY aspect, they also feel that part is
integral to their image and what they want to pass on to their
audience to feel connected. Their most recent track was filmed and
produced themselves, mainly due to a lack of funds after returning
from a US tour, but that aside, they feel it matched well with the
essence of the track and conveys synchronicity.
Tahlia plays drums and vocals, and Cahli does vocals and guitar and
plays bass in the studio, keeping true to their theme of being
hands-on and independent artists. They’ve described their sound as
being as if Blink-182 played Kesha, which is fairly accurate on all
levels. The girls have also done a session of JJJs Like a Version
where they wanted to cover a Kesha track that didn’t make the cut,
but was the drive and inspiration behind their latest song, My
Hearts Dead, which is a compilation of who they are musically and
personally.
Being just schoolgirls when they started out, they talk about doing
gigs on school nights, having their parents as roadies and manning
the merch stands for them, saying it has helped them navigate
growing up in the spotlight as young females in the music industry.
They also discussed playing with their idols, new music, future
direction and their hometown gig on October 31 plus more.


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