Flying Nun Records Music News — Flying Nun

Following a rare performance on Waitangi Day (February 6), Sneaky Feelings announce their first new album since 2017’s critically acclaimed album Progress Junction. The Mercury Moment, the quartet’s new album due out April 17 on Flying Nun Records, is a potent exploration of extinction, redundancy and disappointed dreams as the four songwriters cast their attention on the current state of the world. Hear the band’s new track ‘Stardust Magical’: https://soundcloud.com/flyingnunrecords/sneaky-feelings-stardust-magical/s-6yYFn Over a songbook of 12 songs, Matthew Bannister, Martin Durrant, John Kelcher and David Pine ruminate on ludicrous hopes and bleak realities, but their peculiar universe always has music -...

December 2019 marks the 40 year anniversary of an important record in our lives, AK79. Within the grooves of this historical landmark compilation lies a connection to our musical whakapapa as New Zealanders and music lovers. A defining record, having captured a raw snapshot of the punk subculture in Auckland during the late 70s, this much-loved compilation is a living, breathing statement of what came before today.To mark this very special occassion, Flying Nun Records pays tribute to those ragged and rambunctious years by presenting AK79 40th Anniversary Edition reissue, due in-stores throughout New Zealand on December 13. Presented in...

This September will see Straitjacket Fits’ indie-rock classic Melt reissued for the very first time on vinyl LP and CD. Aligned with the Fits’ Australia and Aotearoa tours, the re-release amplifies this celebration of a timeless sound and the distorted guitar-pop of their 1990 collection Melt. Riding high from signing with US label Arista Records, Melt finds the band at their peak, showcasing gems like ‘Bad Note for a Heart’, ‘Down In Splendour’ and ‘Hand In Mine’. LISTEN TO MELT HERE   STRAITJACKET FITS ‘MELT’ REISSUE OUT SEPTEMBER 27 2019 TRACK LIST: 1. Bad Note for a Heart2. Missing Presumed...

Mermaidens reveal a second track off their highly anticipated new release Look Me in the Eye, out September 6. Riding electric guitar and bass loops in ‘Millennia’, Mermaidens disguise confronting abstractions on modern-day connection and communication in a deceptively upbeat track. Mermaidens dismantle the idea of ‘exterior masks’ created to exist online, calling falsehood by its name in the chilling line “hallucinations rule your world.” “I wanted us to explore the mess of feelings I have around this twisted intersection of social media, identity, privacy, and a warped sense of reality,” co-frontwoman Lily West explains. “The hole of hunger that a social feed leaves in your mind; you should be a...