New Zealand New Releases
New Zealand New Releases
Below is a list of all New Zealand titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 1 to 40 of 49
Pitch Black
Ape To Angel [ Dubmission / 2 CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] Originally unleashed in October 2004, Ape to Angel took the momentum of Pitch Black's preceding albums to new levels, with the sound becoming fuller and the bass more driving. The duo tweaked the sounds of club culture around the dub heart of the... |
Smart Alec & Cleffor Cloggs
Like It Here (10") [ Digidub / 10in - released 4/Sep/2026 ] RELEASED SEPTEMBER 04. The third in a series of releases from the Digi Dub archives, Like it Here is a tribute to the poet laureate of Special Brew, the late Iffor Clarkson-Denbigh, who sadly departed us in 2021 to drink in the great park in the... |
Jonathan Bree
Don't Call It Love [ Lil' Chief Records / CD - released 28/Aug/2026 ] The man behind the mask, Jonathan Bree, returns with his sixth studio album. This seventeen-track double album is Bree's most ambitious project to date - an erotic, concept-driven epic that brings the sexual and sensual themes of his earlier records... |
Jonathan Bree
Don't Call It Love (LP) [ Lil' Chief Records / 2 LP - released 28/Aug/2026 ] The man behind the mask, Jonathan Bree, returns with his sixth studio album. This seventeen-track double album is Bree's most ambitious project to date - an erotic, concept-driven epic that brings the sexual and sensual themes of his earlier records... |
Reb Fountain
Water For Gasoline [ Fountain Records / CD - released 28/Aug/2026 ] Water for Gasoline marks a significant creative departure for Reb Fountain. Written and recorded in Fountain's own garage studio this year, this new album captures the spontaneity and vulnerability of her creative process. Recorded live, most... |
Mārama - Original Soundtrack (LP)
[ Impressed Recordings / LP - released 21/Aug/2026 ] A Haunting collision of taonga pūoro, orchestral dread and gothic atmosphere - a powerful sonic companion to one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most distinctive cinematic works. "The greatest horror is always colonisation" - The Spinoff Pressed on... |
Brandon De La Cruz
Blue Irises In Hologram (LP) [ Brandon De La Cruz / LP - released 21/Aug/2026 ] Blue Irises in Hologram is a new album by Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa-based folk artist Brandon De La Cruz. The album is comprised of eight songs born of a wide range of inspirational nexuses including a 10-day silent Vipassana retreat, an afternoon in... |
Greatsouth
Hellhole of the Pacific (LP) [ Drops / LP - released 21/Aug/2026 ] Hellhole of the Pacific (HOTP) is a concept EP and multimedia storytelling project that reclaims and reimagines Aotearoa's narratives through an urban Māori lens. It draws its name from the infamous label given to Kororāreka (Russell)in the 1830s-a... |
Lontalius
Real Fruit Ice Cream (LP) [ Drops / LP - released 14/Aug/2026 ] Real Fruit Ice Cream is the seventh album from New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer Lontalius. Drawing on classic pop, country and '80s production, it captures the feeling of a perfect summer already beginning to fade. |
Reb Fountain
Water For Gasoline (LP) [ Fountain Records / LP - released 14/Aug/2026 ] Water for Gasoline marks a significant creative departure for Reb Fountain. Written and recorded in Fountain's own garage studio this year, this new album captures the spontaneity and vulnerability of her creative process. Recorded live, most... |
Reb Fountain
Water For Gasoline (Smokey Clear / Black Coloured Vinyl LP) [ Fountain Records / LP - released 14/Aug/2026 ] Water for Gasoline marks a significant creative departure for Reb Fountain. Written and recorded in Fountain's own garage studio this year, this new album captures the spontaneity and vulnerability of her creative process. Recorded live, most... |
Mel Parsons
Castle Hill [ Cape Road Recordings / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] Named after the remote mountain village in New Zealand's Southern Alps where it was recorded, CASTLE HILL is the Lyttelton-based artist's seventh album. Across 10 tracks, the album explores resilience, grief, self-doubt, nostalgia, presence and... |
Mel Parsons
Castle Hill (LP) [ Cape Road Recordings / LP - released 7/Aug/2026 ] Named after the remote mountain village in New Zealand's Southern Alps where it was recorded, CASTLE HILL is the Lyttelton-based artist's seventh album. |
Sheep, Dog & Wolf
Ceiling Waves (LP) [ Nacre / LP - released 7/Aug/2026 ] The layered, undulating sound of Sheep, Dog & Wolf has always defied categorisation. Auckland-born, London-based avant-pop polymath Daniel McBride creates mind-bending, genre-hopping compositions that meld experimentalism, math-rock, emo-folk,... |
Various Artists
Fully Nowhere: A World Resources Archive (Limited Edition LP) [ World Of Echo / 2 LP - released 7/Aug/2026 ] A major archival release from World Resources, the Aotearoa/New Zealand imprint responsible for some of the rarest lathe‑cut experimental records of the 1990s. Fully Nowhere compiles material from the original 7" singles and LPs - plus unreleased... |
Hina
Descending Dreams (LP) [ Hina / LP - released 31/Jul/2026 ] After six years shaping her sound and presence across the Te Whanganui-a-Tara and Tāmaki Makaurau music scenes, HINA presents Descending Dreams. Emerging from a period of personal turbulence, the album explores complex relationships and the... |
The Broken Heartbreakers
Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving [ Slow Time Records / CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] After more than ten years between albums, Ōtepoti-based indie-folk songsmiths The Broken Heartbreakers return with Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving - their fourth studio album, released via Slow Time Records. Led by songwriters Rachel Bailey... |
The Broken Heartbreakers
Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving (Black Vinyl LP) [ Slow Time Records / LP - released 17/Jul/2026 ] After more than ten years between albums, Ōtepoti-based indie-folk songsmiths The Broken Heartbreakers return with Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving - their fourth studio album, released via Slow Time Records. Led by songwriters Rachel Bailey... |
The Broken Heartbreakers
Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving (White Vinyl LP) [ Slow Time Records / LP - released 17/Jul/2026 ] After more than ten years between albums, Ōtepoti-based indie-folk songsmiths The Broken Heartbreakers return with Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving - their fourth studio album, released via Slow Time Records. Led by songwriters Rachel Bailey... |
Gin Wigmore
Beautiful Mess [ Universal Music NZ / CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] Capturing the contrast of life's highs and lows, light and darkness, softness and grit, Beautiful Mess marks Gin Wigmore's most personal and powerful body of work to date. Moving between tender, country-leaning introspection and raw, high-energy... |
Gin Wigmore
Beautiful Mess (LP) [ Universal Music NZ / LP - released 17/Jul/2026 ] Capturing the contrast of life's highs and lows, light and darkness, softness and grit, Beautiful Mess marks Gin Wigmore's most personal and powerful body of work to date. Moving between tender, country-leaning introspection and raw, high-energy... |
Jordan Rakei
Between Us (12") [ Fonterra UK / 12in - released 17/Jul/2026 ] Jordan Rakei's Between Us EP captures a moment of pure creative exchange, bringing together a handpicked circle of collaborators including FKJ, Jalen Ngonda, Nubya Garcia, Tom McFarland (Jungle) and Femi Koleoso (Ezra Collective). Built from... |
Ladi6
Le Vā (LP) [ Ladi 6 / LP - released 17/Jul/2026 ] Renowned for her authentic storytelling and magnetic stage presence, Ladi6 has carved a path that honours her Pacific identity and the stories that shaped her while pushing the boundaries of contemporary music. A soulful return and creative... |
Ladi6
Le Vā [ Ladi 6 / CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] Renowned for her authentic storytelling and magnetic stage presence, Ladi6 has carved a path that honours her Pacific identity and the stories that shaped her while pushing the boundaries of contemporary music. |
MELODOWNZ
Bron (LP) [ Drops / LP - released 14/Jul/2026 ] MELODOWNZ has been at the forefront of Aotearoa hip-hop for over a decade, with cult-favourite projects Avontales, Melo & Blues, Melo & Bass and his award-winning debut album LONE WOLF establishing him as one of the country's most respected... |
Mint Chicks
Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! [ Festival / Warner / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! is the second full-length album released by The Mint Chicks and was originally released in New Zealand on Flying Nun. The album dominated the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2007, earning five awards as well as achieving Gold... |
Mint Chicks
Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! (Limited White Vinyl LP) [ Festival / Warner / LP - released 3/Jul/2026 ] Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! is the second full-length album released by The Mint Chicks and was originally released in New Zealand on Flying Nun. The album dominated the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2007, earning five awards as well as achieving Gold... |
Borderline
Borderline (LP) [ Drops / LP - released 26/Jun/2026 ] New Zealand indie-pop four-piece Borderline deliver a debut album built for repeat listens, packed with shimmering guitars, funk-leaning grooves, huge choruses, and the kind of songwriting that turns late-night feelings into instant anthems. Shaped... |
Delaney Davidson
Baby Heavyweight [ Rough Diamond / CD - released 26/Jun/2026 ] Baby Heavyweight born in a kitchen in Switerzerland, is Delaney Davidsons 11th solo album. Somewhat more groovy than his previous releases this is the second album he has made with Merk. Building on the smooth depth off the previous work and taking... |
Delaney Davidson
Baby Heavyweight (LP) [ Rough Diamond / LP - released 26/Jun/2026 ] Baby Heavyweight born in a kitchen in Switerzerland, is Delaney Davidsons 11th solo album. Somewhat more groovy than his previous releases this is the second album he has made with Merk. Building on the smooth depth off the previous work and taking... |
Enzso
Enzso (LP) [ Sony Music New Zealand / 2 LP - released 26/Jun/2026 ] In 1996 two great New Zealand music institutions joined forces to produce a unique project. ENZSO was an album of classic Split Enz songs arranged by former Split Enz keyboardist and sound engineer Eddie Rayner. The music was performed by the New... |
Te Wehi
I'm Home (LP) [ Herepuru Records / LP - released 26/Jun/2026 ] Rooted in real-life stories, cultural pride and deep whakapapa, Te Wehi has built a connection with audiences through music that feels honest, relatable and unmistakably his own. What began as a creative outlet has grown into one of Aotearoa's most... |
Bleeders
As Sweet As Sin (LP) [ Universal Music NZ / LP - released 19/Jun/2026 ] Tāmaki Makaurau punk rock legends Bleeders celebrate 20 years of As Sweet As Sin by releasing their debut album on vinyl for the first time ever. Bleeders burst onto the scene in 2003 with their debut EP A Bleeding Heart which saw the band cross... |
Just Janie
Mythology Of Girls (LP) [ Just Janie / LP - released 19/Jun/2026 ] Just Janie is entering a new era with her debut album Mythology of the Girls. A reaction to nostalgia through a modern lens, the album pays homage to the folk scene of the late sixties and early seventies and deconstructs the rose-tinted perspective... |
Office Dog
Prime Corner [ Flying Nun / CD - released 19/Jun/2026 ] Threaded with themes of instability and the home, Prime Corner was predominantly authored while front person Kane Strang was house sitting for a month in West Auckland. During these writing sessions, Kane experimented properly with alternate guitar... |
Office Dog
Prime Corner (Orange Vinyl LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 19/Jun/2026 ] Threaded with themes of instability and the home, Prime Corner was predominantly authored while front person Kane Strang was house sitting for a month in West Auckland. During these writing sessions, Kane experimented properly with alternate guitar... |
The Veils
Fragile World [ V2 / CD - released 19/Jun/2026 ] Arriving just over a year after their last release, Fragile World marks a striking shift in tone and energy for the band. Recorded live to tape in New Zealand by Paddy Hill, with production by Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, The Chills, Folk Bitch Trio),... |
The Veils
Fragile World (Limited Edition LP) [ V2 / LP - released 19/Jun/2026 ] 140g ultra clear vinyl. Arriving just over a year after their last release, Fragile World marks a striking shift in tone and energy for the band. Recorded live to tape in New Zealand by Paddy Hill, with production by Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, The... |
The Veils
Fragile World (LP) [ V2 / LP - released 19/Jun/2026 ] 140g black vinyl. Arriving just over a year after their last release, Fragile World marks a striking shift in tone and energy for the band. Recorded live to tape in New Zealand by Paddy Hill, with production by Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, The Chills, Folk... |
Hun Lynch
Sycophant (LP) [ Noa Records/Drops / LP - released 12/Jun/2026 ] Sycophant is the first offering of recorded music from the polymathic Tāmaki artist Hun Lynch. Recorded almost entirely at her house on a bedroom setup, Hun wrote, played and produced almost every element on the album (with the exception of one drum... |
