Punk music has always ridden its counterculture wave, keeping itself at arm’s length from the standard tide to foster unique discussion and perspective.
Brooklyn-based art punk project Tea Eater nods to the genre’s history before modulating it to the band’s self-proclaimed campy, cunty, weirdo brand. With hyper-surrealist digital age-inspired audiovisuals, the music speaks to frontwoman Tarra Thiessen’s humor and introspection, dancing to expansive narratives that dissect multifaceted and boldfaced concepts.
Greeting the world on this very day of perceived love and corporate greed, “Little White Dog (in a Gated Community)” is the the second release off of Tea Eater’s upcoming LP.
The single converses the sentimental with satirical undertones, offering a moral code: embrace one’s phases of life, no matter how deep or dotty. The single’s music video is the epitome of creative and noninvasive AI usage, painting a maximalist dream inspired by Thiessen’s family home.
Due March 28th, 2025, I Don’t Believe in Bad Luck marks the band’s second LP release, highlighting the potential in life’s chaotic nature by exploring characters like “John Lemon” and the “Invasion of the Bee Girls.” Expanding on the band’s debut LP Obsession, which featured “Fuck the DMV” and “Jack Nicholson”, I Don’t Believe in Bad Luck offers more melodic fixations like “The Waffle Song,” released January 17th of this year, while telling the story of a hotline psychic that’s sick of everyone.
Thiessen is joined by Vram Kherlopian (guitar, synth), Lindsey Ann Lawless (bass, vocals), and Abdon Valdez III (drums) to comprise Tea Eater, who are signed with A Diamond Heart Production in New York City. A constant creative, Thiessen is also a member of Brooklyn band Sharkmuffin, as well as Gustaf, in which Kherlopian joins her.
After extensively touring the USA and UK through 2024, Tea Eater’s album release show will be on Thiessen’s birthday, March 28th, at Alphaville in Brooklyn. The band will take their show on the road with shows in Los Angeles, DC, Pennsylvania, and London with more likely to come as the year unfolds.
