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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