Following their time together at high school in 2015, bandmates Jordan Finlay, Connor McLaughlin, Vincent Kinna and Angus Christie formed Teenage Dads – who’ve been cooking up indie-pop jams that have since helped to establish themselves as iconic fixtures of the Aussie music scene.

Now, almost a decade later, the band has got a fresh new album – Majordomo – filled with rad tracks that explore ideas relating to control (and lack thereof). We happened to catch a quick chat with the band’s vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist, Jordan Finlay, who let us in on the album-making process as well as the evolution of the band itself.

Your new album, Majordomo, explores ideas of control. What inspired this? I don't really think about the ideas or inspirations so much while I'm writing the lyrics. It feels like it comes together more at the end.

A lot of the songs had this “seize the day” energy about them that we couldn't ignore, and when we had time to analyse what everything meant it felt like this is what it was meant to be. 

In four words, how would you describe the vibes of this album? Energised, Arresting, Assured, MAJORDOMO.

How is Majordomo different from your previous albums? Outside of a step-up in the production side of things, I'd say that the writing is more mature, largely in part to the fact that we have been a band for almost ten years now. 

In a sentence, how would you describe the sound of Majordomo? “Take tonight, and bring it to life.”

What are you looking forward to the most being on tour? Being able to take time off work and to play these songs live for the first time.

Which songs are you especially keen to perform live? “Boarding Pass” and “A Day in the Life of a No Good Pirate”. 

You’ve been making music together as Teenage Dads for almost ten years now. How would you describe the band from when you first started to today? We never set out to do what we are doing now, I think all of the differences can be boiled down to our experience: none of us had been in bands before, and limited experience in playing and writing with other people, it has and always will be a learning thing for us.

Where do you see the band in another ten year’s time? If not at an RSL on a Saturday night performing a Motley Crüe tribute performance, I'd like to say that we are still doing what we have always wanted to do which is to write and play music that we love.