New Zealand Music Features — Tall Dwarfs

The Sundae Painters are the creative collaboration between members of The Bats, The Clean, Tall Dwarfs & Toy Love. Beaming out mysterious sonic frequencies from a farm shed in the South Island, bandmates Kaye Woodward, Alec Bathgate, Paul Kean, and Hamish Kilgour's project documents the four-piece discovering themselves somewhere else musically.

Earlier this year, Jonathan Ganley released an excellent book of photos and stories from post-punk Auckland in the 80s, including some special Flying Nun moments. Callum Campbell spoke to him about his process and experiences behind the lens.

Under The Influence (FNCD021) came about through 12 months of loose talk, six months of intensive planning, three changes of date and two final weeks of very late nights. Indeed there were many times we questioned the sanity and feasibility of even attempting to record the Flying Nun 21st Anniversary album in one day... and without the faith of many around us we simply wouldn’t have been able to pull it off! As the Flying Nun label had recently been incorporated, alongside Festival Records and Mushroom Records, into the larger independent company called (deep breath) Festival Mushroom Records incorporating Flying Nun, we had created a strong...

The end of the year is nigh, and it is the time where we get all reflective on what has happened.We thought it best to document these reflections, and to start us off we reflected back on the year for our good friends and label buddies - Flying Nun Records.It's like a school report but with great records.