Tea Eater
“Mastermind Tarra Thiessen does not fail to expose her vocal timbre and her DIY will"- Rolling Stone France
"The Brooklyn based solo effort of Tarra Thiessen creates without restraint, her songs feel primal and swaggering." - Post-Trash
“…all the projects Tarra’s been part of…are across-the-board F-U-N where said fun is far from being absent-minded but instead just the opposite cuz being seriously fun or even more so funny is a special talent indeed for a musician seeing as there’s real multi-tasking involved in being skilled and engaging musically." - The Deli Magazine
No one’s more fun in the post (or present) apocalypse than Tea Eater. Fronted by Tarra Thiessen of Gustaf and Sharkmuffin, the New York City-based art punk band’s made significant waves with their debut LP Obsession, released in October 2023, produced and mixed by Drew Vandenberg (Bambara/Faye Webster/Of Montreal).
Tea Eater has been local support for Thee Oh Sees, and have completed East Coast and Midwest headline tours, a month-long residency in LA, a set at Distorsion Psych Fest in Montreal, and two UK/EU headline tours in 2023 and 2024. Their European stops included Kaltern Pop Festival, Left of the Dial Festival in Rotterdam, Cinetol Festival in Amsterdam, and headlining shows in Paris, Angers (Levitation France), Berlin, and London.
In 2024, they released the singles “Technicolor Rash” and “NY Myth” on a 7-inch vinyl through Greenway Records, along with a remix of “Cosmic Coconut” by David Sound Wizard on a limited-edition star-shaped vinyl. Additional releases included an alternate version of “Fuck the DMV” and a cover of Liam Lynch’s “United States of Whatever” exclusively on Bandcamp. Their sophomore LP, I Don’t Believe in Bad Luck, produced by Vanessa Silberman and Jasno Swarez at La Fam Recording, will be released March 28, 2025, via A Diamond Heart Production.