Flying Nun Records Music News

This September will see Straitjacket Fits’ indie-rock classic Melt reissued for the very first time on vinyl LP and CD. Aligned with the Fits’ Australia and Aotearoa tours, the re-release amplifies this celebration of a timeless sound and the distorted guitar-pop of their 1990 collection Melt. Riding high from signing with US label Arista Records, Melt finds the band at their peak, showcasing gems like ‘Bad Note for a Heart’, ‘Down In Splendour’ and ‘Hand In Mine’. LISTEN TO MELT HERE   STRAITJACKET FITS ‘MELT’ REISSUE OUT SEPTEMBER 27 2019 TRACK LIST: 1. Bad Note for a Heart2. Missing Presumed...

Mermaidens reveal a second track off their highly anticipated new release Look Me in the Eye, out September 6. Riding electric guitar and bass loops in ‘Millennia’, Mermaidens disguise confronting abstractions on modern-day connection and communication in a deceptively upbeat track. Mermaidens dismantle the idea of ‘exterior masks’ created to exist online, calling falsehood by its name in the chilling line “hallucinations rule your world.” “I wanted us to explore the mess of feelings I have around this twisted intersection of social media, identity, privacy, and a warped sense of reality,” co-frontwoman Lily West explains. “The hole of hunger that a social feed leaves in your mind; you should be a...

Flying Nun stalwarts and musical masters The Chills have a wildly busy August ahead of them with shows, a festival and a documentary out on DVD. The Others Way Festival 2019 has been prepared and bedazzled with a lineup stacking up to more than 40 acts, with The Chills no doubt a major draw for festival goers on August 30. In just two weeks time Martin Phillipps heads West for a huge weekend across August 10 and 11 in Australia. Melbourne and Sydney folks will be treated to a solo performance of The Chills iconic sound at The Toff In...

The Bats fly again! Flying Nun flag-bearers The Bats prove their everlasting songfulness with news of a brilliant new album along with the release of the  soaring first single, "Antlers".  The new album, The Deep Set will be out on January 27 2017 in NZ and Australia, and February 3 on the rest of the world. In the meantime the four-piece have shared their first single "Antlers" which premiered today via Noisey. Listen Here The band will also perform The Deep Set with a string section in as part of their appearance at next years Sydney Festival (Jan 29), as well asaunching the album in Melbourne the day before (Jan...