Midnight Driving by Teenage Dads

Midnight Driving, the fourth EP from Mornington Peninsula indie rockers Teenage Dads, came out through Chugg on March 3, 2023, and it's the Victorian four-piece at their brightest and bounciest. Jordan Finlay sings and trades between guitar and keys, Connor McLaughlin, who started the band with him in Mount Eliza in 2015, plays guitar, and Angus Christie and Vincent Kinna keep the bass and drums springy. The band pitched the EP as a study in perspective, how things look from one angle and shift with time, with songs that play like diary entries or the conversations you have with yourself on a late-night drive.

"Teddy" came out ahead of it and is the one that made the countdowns. The EP reached 28 on the ARIA chart, earned a Best Record nomination at the Rolling Stone Australia Awards and won the band the Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist Award at the 2023 ARIAs.

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