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 53
Chaos In The CBD
A Deeper Life [ In Dust We Trust / CD - released 16/May/2025 ] A Deeper Life, Chaos In The CBD's debut album over 10 years in the making, is nostalgic for the duo's nature-flled youth, exploring the magical coastline and lush rainforest of New Zealand. "The title refers to our childhood, which was... |
Chaos In The CBD
A Deeper Life (LP) [ In Dust We Trust / 2 LP - released 16/May/2025 ] "We created a holiday inside our heads." A Deeper Life, Chaos In The CBD's debut album over 10 years in the making, is nostalgic for the duo's nature-flled youth, exploring the magical coastline and lush rainforest of New Zealand. "The title... |
Chaos In The CBD
A Deeper Life (Limited LP) [ In Dust We Trust / 2 LP - released 16/May/2025 ] "We created a holiday inside our heads." 2LP, 140g black vinyl, Limited Edition Gatefold Sleeve with Satin finish and polylined inner sleeves (Very limited) A Deeper Life, Chaos In The CBD's debut album over 10 years in the making, is nostalgic... |
Jenny Mitchell
Forest House [ Cooking Vinyl / CD - released 16/May/2025 ] Recorded in Pirinoa, 'Forest House' was created with ARIA and Golden Guitar award-winning producer Matt Fell at the helm. The 12 track album features Jenny's previous singles 'Where The Water's Cold', 'Square & Plain' and the heartwarming 'Sister'... |
Jenny Mitchell
Forest House (Limited Edition Boysenberry Vinyl LP) [ Cooking Vinyl / LP - released 16/May/2025 ] Recorded in Pirinoa, 'Forest House' was created with ARIA and Golden Guitar award-winning producer Matt Fell at the helm. The 12 track album features Jenny's previous singles 'Where The Water's Cold', 'Square & Plain' and the heartwarming 'Sister'... |
The Phoenix Foundation
Pegasus (20 Year Anniversary) (LP) [ Phoenix Foundation / LP - released 16/May/2025 ] This dreamy NZ made package comes on Transparent Blue vinyl with a printed inner sleeve. Limited to 750 copies world-wide! To celebrate 20 years since The Phoenix Foundation's sophomore album, "Pegasus" is finally pressed to vinyl for the first... |
Voom
Something Good Is Happening [ Flying Nun Records / CD - released 16/May/2025 ] Auckland indie-rock band Voom, who after years of releasing and performing music to their cult-like following, have announced a brand new album! 'Something Good Is Happening' is released on May 16 via Flying Nun Records. After accumulating... |
Voom
Something Good Is Happening (LTD Edition Red LP) [ Flying Nun Records / LP - released 16/May/2025 ] Auckland indie-rock band Voom, who after years of releasing and performing music to their cult-like following, have announced a brand new album! 'Something Good Is Happening' is released on May 16 via Flying Nun Records. After accumulating... |
Greta O'Leary
River Dark (LTD Edition Clear LP) [ Great O'Leary / LP - released 9/May/2025 ] Casting rich spells of self-expression, finding power in softness and inviting listeners deeper into her ethereal world, Tāmaki Makaurau based indie folk artist Greta O'Leary is set to turn heads across Aotearoa with her astonishing debut album River... |
Harry Charles
Movement (LP) [ LOOP Recodings / LP - released 2/May/2025 ] New Zealand-born musician and producer Harry Charles found his creative haven and home in Berlin in 2014, where he honed his craft and cultivated an electrifying fusion of downtempo beats and slow house rhythms and live instrumentation and vocals -... |
Ocean Beach
Long Road Home (LP) [ LP - released 25/Apr/2025 ] The roadie is imminent. The destination is Grey Lynn and this car is leaving town. Claim the front seat on this emotional safari which aims for the peaks of freedom, ditching this cesspool, called modern life. |
Juno Is
Where To Begin (Limited Deep Blue LP) [ Leather Jacket Records / LP - released 20/Apr/2025 ] Where To Begin, the long-awaited debut album from Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist Juno Is arrives four years after her breakthrough EP Creature of Habit. Created over two years in a series of spontaneous songwriting sessions, this album marks a distinct... |
Pitch Black
Rude Mechanicals (RSD 2025 Limited Edition LP) [ Dubmission / 2 LP - released 13/Apr/2025 ] Pitch Black return with their fourth and possibly their best album so far. "Rude Mechanicals" embraces all that is good about dance music and electronica, spiced up by the trademark Pitch Black blend of echoes, delays and deep, fat basslines. |
Liam Finn
Hyperverse (RSD 2025 LP) [ Schoolkids Records / LP - released 12/Apr/2025 ] Liam Finn is back with Hyperverse, a high-energy, fun, and thoughtful record that redefines the artist-audience relationship. |
Neil Finn
Sessions At West 54th (RSD 2025 2LP) [ Epic / 2 LP - released 12/Apr/2025 ] This set features the first audio-only release of Neil Finn's classic 1998 appearance on the award-winning TV program "Sessions At West 54th" recorded live in New York City. |
Greg Johnson
Vine Street Stories (LP) [ Universal Music New Zealand / 2 LP - released 11/Apr/2025 ] Originally released in 1995, Greg Johnson's Vine Street Stories has been remastered and released on vinyl for the first time! Vine Street Stories is home to many of Johnson's most enduring radio hits and live favourites, including 'Don't Wait... |
Pitch Black
Freqs in Flux [ Dubmission / CD - released 11/Apr/2025 ] Introducing Freqs in Flux, a captivating collection of remixes curated to celebrate the inaugural vinyl release of Pitch Black's Rude Mechanicals. The anthology seamlessly bridges the past and present, featuring mixes from the album's original era,... |
Think
We'll Give You a Buzz [ Frenzy / CD - released 11/Apr/2025 ] One of the best and rarest New Zealand 70's prog rock albums is back...and more importantly looking and sounding better than ever. The CD version includes three non album tracks, two demo recordings of unreleased songs and three early album demo... |
Think
We'll Give You a Buzz (LP) [ Frenzy / LP - released 11/Apr/2025 ] One of the best and rarest New Zealand 70's prog rock albums is back...and more importantly looking and sounding better than ever. The vinyl version has been restored and mastered at Stebbing Recording Centre (where it was recorded). The... |
Marlon Williams
Te Whare Tīwekaweka [ Marlon Williams Music / Universal / CD - released 4/Apr/2025 ] "Ko te reo Māori, he matapihi ki te ao Māori" goes the Māori whakatauki (proverb) that has guided Aotearoa singer/songwriter Marlon Williams'(Kāi Tahu, Ngāi Tai) fourth solo album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka. Translated, it means "The Māori language is a... |
Marlon Williams
Te Whare Tīwekaweka (Indies Exclusive White Vinyl LP) [ Marlon Williams Music / Universal / LP - released 4/Apr/2025 ] "Ko te reo Māori, he matapihi ki te ao Māori" goes the Māori whakatauki (proverb) that has guided Aotearoa singer/songwriter Marlon Williams'(Kāi Tahu, Ngāi Tai) fourth solo album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka. Translated, it means "The Māori language is a... |
Marlon Williams
Te Whare Tīwekaweka (LP) [ Marlon Williams Music / Universal / LP - released 4/Apr/2025 ] "Ko te reo Māori, he matapihi ki te ao Māori" goes the Māori whakatauki (proverb) that has guided Aotearoa singer/songwriter Marlon Williams'(Kāi Tahu, Ngāi Tai) fourth solo album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka. Translated, it means "The Māori language is a... |
Supergroove
Postage (LP) [ Sony Music New Zealand / LP - released 4/Apr/2025 ] Remastered vinyl reissue of Supergroove's greatest hits album! Supergroove released Postage in 2003. The album entered the charts at number 10, and was certified gold one week after its release. |
Supergroove
Traction (LP) [ Sony Music New Zealand / LP - released 4/Apr/2025 ] Remastered vinyl reissue of Supergroove's 4x Platinum certified debut album! Supergroove released Traction in 1994. Shipping platinum, it debuted at #1 on the National Album Charts, holding the top spot for over a month. Topping off an amazing... |
Tom Lark
Moonlight Hotel [ Okie Dokie Records / CD - released 4/Apr/2025 ] Psychedelic folk artist Tom Lark - the musical project of Shannon Fowler - will release his new album, Moonlight Hotel, on 4 April on vinyl and compact disc and has also announced his first live shows in Aotearoa since May 2024. Moonlight Hotel is... |
Tom Lark
Moonlight Hotel (LP) [ Okie Dokie Records / LP - released 4/Apr/2025 ] Psychedelic folk artist Tom Lark - the musical project of Shannon Fowler - will release his new album, Moonlight Hotel, on 4 April on vinyl and compact disc and has also announced his first live shows in Aotearoa since May 2024. Moonlight Hotel is... |
Alien Weaponry
Te Rā [ Napalm Records / CD - released 28/Mar/2025 ] On Te Rā, Alien Weaponry's third album and heaviest offering to date, the band expand on their hallmark messages of resilience with refreshed technical skill from the whole band, producing a gnashing blend of groove, nu, math and thrash... |
Alien Weaponry
Te Rā (LP) [ Napalm Records / LP - released 28/Mar/2025 ] On Te Rā, Alien Weaponry's third album and heaviest offering to date, the band expand on their hallmark messages of resilience with refreshed technical skill from the whole band, producing a gnashing blend of groove, nu, math and thrash... |
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
IC-02 Bogotá (LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 28/Mar/2025 ] The band Unknown Mortal Orchestra sometimes enjoys making purely instrumental music. In addition to the vocal-based records they're more well-known for, they've also begun to make an instrumental series called the IC where they spend time in a chosen... |
Velveteen
Heavy Machinery [ Winegum Records / CD - released 28/Mar/2025 ] The debut full-length album from Ōtautahi's latest rising rock outfit Velveteen is jam packed with fuzzy Corgan-esque guitars, heavy drums and emotional vocal melodies and lyrics. Channeling the energy of 90s alt-rock, infused with a dark,... |
Stellar*
Mix (Limited Translucent Blue Vinyl LP) [ Sony Music New Zealand / LP - released 21/Mar/2025 ] stellar* 'mix' celebrates its 25th anniversary with a limited-edition LP release on translucent blue vinyl! The multi-platinum album, produced by Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey, reached Number 1 in New Zealand's album chart, selling 80,000 copies (5x... |
The 3Ds
The Peel Sessions & Triple J Live-to-air 1994 (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 14/Mar/2025 ] Celebrating over 30 years since it was recorded, Flying Nun Records and The 3Ds have announced the upcoming release of The Peel Sessions & Triple J Live-to-air 1994, due out on vinyl and CD on February 28th, via Flying Nun Records. The live tracks on... |
Skyscraper Stan and The Commission Flats
Those Were Days [ Cheersquad Records & Tapes / CD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] New Zealander Stan Woodhouse, aka Skyscraper Stan, and his longtime touring band and collaborators the Commission Flats have generated a body of work that has attracted a loyal fanbase drawn to Stan's easy lyrical style, inventive arrangements and... |
Skyscraper Stan and The Commission Flats
Those Were Days (LP) [ Cheersquad Records & Tapes / LP - released 14/Mar/2025 ] New Zealander Stan Woodhouse, aka Skyscraper Stan, and his longtime touring band and collaborators the Commission Flats have generated a body of work that has attracted a loyal fanbase drawn to Stan's easy lyrical style, inventive arrangements and... |
Womb
One Is Always Heading Somewhere (Clear LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 14/Mar/2025 ] One Is Always Heading Somewhere is Womb's third album, recorded throughout 2023 and 2024, between living rooms and bedrooms of various houses across the country - from the trio's hometown of Te Whanganui-a-Tara to their new homes of Whanganui,... |
Reb Fountain
How Love Bends [ Fountain Records / Flying Nun / CD - released 7/Mar/2025 ] 180 gram vinyl LP with bonus 7" (featuring 'How Bizarre' & 'The Gambler'), packaged in a gatefold sleeve. Love is a first kiss, a late night call, an ache of longing that can break your heart or a long drive with the top down to anywhere but here.... |
Reb Fountain
How Love Bends (LP) [ Fountain Records / Flying Nun / LP - released 7/Mar/2025 ] Love is a first kiss, a late night call, an ache of longing that can break your heart or a long drive with the top down to anywhere but here. Love can equally be contained, repressed and longed for as much as it can save, nurture and embolden. Love... |
Reb Fountain
How Love Bends (Special Edition LP & 7") [ Fountain Records / Flying Nun / LP - released 7/Mar/2025 ] 180 gram vinyl LP with bonus 7" (featuring 'How Bizarre' & 'The Gambler'), packaged in a gatefold sleeve. Love is a first kiss, a late night call, an ache of longing that can break your heart or a long drive with the top down to anywhere but here.... |
The 3Ds
The Peel Sessions & Triple J Live-to-air 1994 [ Flying Nun / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Celebrating over 30 years since it was recorded, Flying Nun Records and The 3Ds have announced the upcoming release of The Peel Sessions & Triple J Live-to-air 1994, due out on vinyl and CD on February 28th, via Flying Nun Records. The live tracks on... |
The Chills
Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs [ Fire Records / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] 'Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs' is a Martin Phillipps passion project. A dedicated reimagining of his earlier unreleased songs that became his artistic farewell, a lasting legacy, and a reminder of his huge, underappreciated talent. The... |
