New Zealand Upcoming Releases
New Zealand Upcoming Releases
The following New Zealand titles are due for release / re-release in the near future.
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Bilderine
Split Seconds (LP) [ Grapefruit Records / LP - due 6/Nov/2026 ] Split Seconds arrived in 1984 under the combined name of "Bilderine" to more confidently explore the post-punk and poetic art rock possibilities of its predecessor. Fourteen tracks, all brilliant. Grapefruit Records is proud to partner with... |
Bilders
Neverlasting (LP) [ Grapefruit Records / LP - due 6/Nov/2026 ] Neverlasting is a mix of psychic adventures, hard psychedelia and commentary with a bite. Bilders have always sung outliers with a heap of empathy-exploitation of migrants, unmitigated killing and the state of our depleted planet. This album... |
Bill Direen & The Hat
The Flavour Of The Meat (LP) [ Grapefruit Records / LP - due 6/Nov/2026 ] Bill Direen and Hamish Kilgour go back to the early days of NZ's Flying Nun label and even earlier, when the members of bands like The Clean and Vacuum would skulk to each other's shows in small bars or run-down church halls in the suburbs of... |
Builders
Beatin Hearts (LP) [ Grapefruit Records / LP - due 6/Nov/2026 ] 'Beatin' Hearts', originally released in the 80's, is an absolutely unique brand of psychedelic rock from the classic New Zealand band, the Builders. |
Eye
Black Ships (LP) [ Carbon Records / LP - due 6/Nov/2026 ] As Stapleton's illness progressed over his last years, instead of lamenting what doors had closed to him, Stapleton with the truest, highest understanding of what free improvisation suggests, asked himself what doors remained open and walked through... |
Eye
Prophecy (LP) [ Carbon Records / LP - due 6/Nov/2026 ] Prophecy finds Eye in form familiar to those who've had the good fortune to hear their 2016 album Other Sky, but even more compacted and condensed, a band simmered and reduced to their pure essence. And then the volume increases. Prophecy is a... |
Gareth Thomas
Bits (LP) [ Gareth Thomas Tunes / LP - due 6/Nov/2026 ] Bits is the new album from Gareth Thomas, founding member of Goodshirt and Fazerdaze. It's an eclectic record about heartbreak, grief and getting older, written with humour, tenderness and a rediscovered creative spark. As we grow older, the... |
Molly Payton
Eternity (LP) [ Drops / LP - due 6/Nov/2026 ] The story of Molly Payton's eternity starts with a cafe's record player. Spending her days at work listening to the greats, wondering exactly how timeless songs are built, Payton set her mind to hard work. She spent more time reading and writing away... |
Roy Montgomery
Island Of Lost Souls (LP) [ Grapefruit Records / LP - due 6/Nov/2026 ] Island of Lost Souls follows his acclaimed 2018 LP Suffuse - a novel departure in which he consigned all vocal duties to ambient/experimental peers Liz Harris (of Grouper), Julianna Barwick, Purple Pilgrims, Haley Fohr (of Circuit des Yeux), Katie... |
Roy Montgomery
R: Tropic Of Anodyne (LP) [ Grapefruit Records / LP - due 6/Nov/2026 ] R: Tropic of Anodyne highlights Montgomery's baritone lamentations on every track. It sets the blueprint for all of R M H Q while displaying Montgomery's talent for brevity. His self-reflective lyrics remain personal, even answering the Rolling... |
Roy Montgomery
Rhymes Of Chance (LP) [ Grapefruit Records / LP - due 6/Nov/2026 ] Roy Montgomery, a pioneer of the NZ underground, believes there is always new sonic terrain to investigate. His latest series of albums for Grapefruit marks forty years of rigorous exploration in which he's managed to navigate disparate genres,... |
Coterie
Orange Skies [ Sony Music NZ / CD - due 27/Nov/2026 ] "Welcome to the world of Coterie, a coastal rebellion of sound and soul where escapism meets beneath the orange skies. This album is a collection of stories from the past 4 years, carved out on the road between Aotearoa and the West Coast of Aus.... |
Coterie
Orange Skies (Marbled Red & Orange 140g Vinyl LP) [ Sony Music NZ / LP - due 27/Nov/2026 ] "Welcome to the world of Coterie, a coastal rebellion of sound and soul where escapism meets beneath the orange skies. This album is a collection of stories from the past 4 years, carved out on the road between Aotearoa and the West Coast of Aus.... |
Purple Pilgrims
Given To The NIght (Metallic Silver Vinyl LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - due 27/Nov/2026 ] In creating Given to the Night, sisters Valentine and Clementine Nixon have crafted a world that drifts through the in-between: between dream and reality, between day and night and the undefined, and ultimately a world that embraces the discomfort of... |
Jordan Rakei
A Safe Place To Be Wild [ Fontana / CD - due 19/Feb/2027 ] A Safe Place To Be Wild is set to arrive after more than a decade of pushing the boundaries of soul, jazz and alternative R&B. Fearless, intimate and emotionally direct, the album finds Jordan embracing uninhibited self-expression and placing... |
Jordan Rakei
A Safe Place To Be Wild (Indie Exclusive Red Vinyl LP) [ Fontana / LP - due 19/Feb/2027 ] A Safe Place To Be Wild is set to arrive after more than a decade of pushing the boundaries of soul, jazz and alternative R&B. Fearless, intimate and emotionally direct, the album finds Jordan embracing uninhibited self-expression and placing... |
Jordan Rakei
A Safe Place To Be Wild (LP) [ Fontana / LP - due 19/Feb/2027 ] A Safe Place To Be Wild is set to arrive after more than a decade of pushing the boundaries of soul, jazz and alternative R&B. Fearless, intimate and emotionally direct, the album finds Jordan embracing uninhibited self-expression and placing... |
