Flying Nun Records Music News

Reb Fountain's new self-titled album is out digitally today on Flying Nun Records, with physical release slated for June 26th. The celebrated songwriter delivers a dark brand of noir punk-folk a la Nick Cave, with raw and booming heart. Her vocal performance is a dynamic force, flowing with intentional power one moment and easy demeanor the next, to create a warm and sultry form of compelling. Reb Fountain has an impressive catalogue of songs behind her, each of which is imbued with the honesty and creative spirit of a true wanderer and storyteller. In 2017 she released her EP Hopeful...

After the success of singles 'Samson' and 'When Gods Lie', Aotearoa local Reb Fountain will release her highly-anticipated self titled album on Friday, May 1st 2020, her debut through Flying Nun. Today, Fountain reveals a brand new album single 'Don't You Know Who I Am' and announces rescheduled tour dates for later in the year. Reb Fountain tells the story behind the creation of the new single, ’‘A friend of mine had given me two prints by Benjamin Chee Chee, an Ojibway, First Nation artist, found at an op shop I fell in love with his work and when I came across his piece ‘Three Flying Geese’. It totally resonated with me and I...

New Zealand singer-songwriter of the moment Reb Fountain reveals a new track off her forthcoming album Reb Fountain, due out May 1st on Flying Nun Records. In the wake of her recently-released indie anthem ‘Samson’, Fountain shares ‘When Gods Lie’ featuring supporting vocals of friend and musical collaborator Finn Andrews. The airy new track has been released on a limited edition 7” split single ahead of Fountain's performance at WOMAD NZ this weekend. The 7” features the exclusive B-Side track ‘Round The Bend’ which was recorded during the album sessions at Roundhead Studios. Adding to the wave of news, Fountain...

Hamerkop is a pair of Baltimore-based sound nerds: Annabel Alpers, the composer, singer and instrumentalist formerly of New Zealand’s Bachelorette, and Adam Cooke, a Baltimorean drummer/audio engineer with credits that include Beach House, Wye Oak and Future Islands. Together, they have created a song-cycle that contrasts the often mundane (yet often satisfying) everyday world with that of the idealised, longed for fantasy, to find the spaces in between these things, the place where we all feel good about our existence.We're proud to be teaming up with Drag City to release Hamerkop's debut album 'Remote' out physically in NZ/AU now. Hamerkop’s debut, Remote, started as an exploration of the sonic beauty in Alpers’ collection of field recordings from her homeland and travels...