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Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers celebrate the news of signing with New York-based record label Mom + Pop Music with the release of their latest single, "Dull," featuring Canadian 'riotgaze' twin sibling duo Softcult. The single is intensely warm, melodic, and thematically a companion song to "I Used To Be Fun." On "Dull," Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers take the more challenging route of sitting still with your thoughts rather than working overtime to keep busy in a thinly veiled bid to distract yourself from them.

"Dull"'s instrumentals from the start are anything but, with grooving basslines weaving through layers of grungy, angst-infused guitar strumming and poppy percussion. Lead singer Anna Ryan's gentle yet emotive vocals paint a picture of decline, admitting that they have lost joy in the things they used to do for fun. They croon over the moody arrangement, "Hands on me and I've had enough/ I can't breathe under your touch/ Started out as something I did for fun." Having to deal with this emotional and mental drain, the band finds themselves having no choice but to examine their psyche, singing to the ether, "Hey, don't you know/ That you had such a big effect on me?/ I've gone dull/ Guess I'm not who you thought I'd be."

"'Dull' has similar themes to 'I Used To Be Fun,' shared Ryan. "We had been talking about how it feels to not have that motivation like we used to, to go out and party, and that it's often harder to sit with yourself and be alone with your thoughts rather than just distracting yourself with thing after thing! The lyrics 'find it hard to take it slow, burning out and now it's shows' really resonates with me and I think it's like coming to terms with the fact that distracting yourself constantly is unsustainable. It's good to learn to just sit with stuff and take it frikken easy!!"

On collaborating with Softcult - aka the Ontario, Canada-based grunge duo made up of twin sisters Phoenix and Mercedes Arn-Horn - the band says, "We've been fans of Soltcult from afar for a long time when they said they were keen to record some parts for the song we were stoked! We are SO happy with how it turned out."

Alongside the signing news, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers are excited to be releasing a deluxe edition of their critically acclaimed debut album, I Love You. Aptly titled I Love You Too, the extended version of the LP will be released on September 20 via their new partnership with Mom + Pop Music and will feature three brand new songs, "Dull," "Please Me," "we thought it would be a good time, but it was a bad time."

Check out Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers's latest single, "Dull" feat. Softcult, today!