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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Delaney Davidson
Baby Heavyweight [ Rough Diamond / CD - due 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... |
Mint Chicks
Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! [ Festival / Warner / CD - due 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... |
Office Dog
Prime Corner [ Flying Nun / CD - due 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 - due 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),... |
Gin Wigmore
Beautiful Mess [ Universal Music NZ / CD - due 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... |
The Broken Heartbreakers
Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving [ Slow Time Records / CD - due 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... |
Jonathan Bree
Don't Call It Love [ Lil' Chief Records / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] The man behind the mask, Jonathan Bree, returns with his sixth studio album Don't Call It Love, out August 6. This seventeen-track double album is Bree's most ambitious project to date - an erotic, concept-driven epic that brings the sexual and... |
Delaney Davidson
Baby Heavyweight (LP) [ Rough Diamond / LP - due 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... |
Borderline
Borderline (LP) [ Drops / LP - due 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... |
The Broken Heartbreakers
Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving (Black Vinyl LP) [ Slow Time Records / LP - due 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... |
Hina
Descending Dreams (LP) [ Hina / LP - due 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... |
Office Dog
Prime Corner (Orange Vinyl LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - due 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 (LP) [ V2 / LP - due 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... |
The Broken Heartbreakers
Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving (White Vinyl LP) [ Slow Time Records / LP - due 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 Veils
Fragile World (Limited Edition LP) [ V2 / LP - due 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... |
Bleeders
As Sweet As Sin (LP) [ Universal Music NZ / LP - due 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... |
Gin Wigmore
Beautiful Mess (LP) [ Universal Music NZ / LP - due 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... |
Just Janie
Mythology Of Girls (LP) [ Just Janie / LP - due 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... |
Jonathan Bree
Don't Call It Love (LP) [ Lil' Chief Records / 2 LP - due 28/Aug/2026 ] The man behind the mask, Jonathan Bree, returns with his sixth studio album Don't Call It Love, out August 6. This seventeen-track double album is Bree's most ambitious project to date - an erotic, concept-driven epic that brings the sexual and... |
Mint Chicks
Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! (Limited White Vinyl LP) [ Festival / Warner / LP - due 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... |
