Flying Nun Records Music News

Princess Chelsea shares a "weirdass" music video for the track "Is It All OK?" - taken from the album The Great Cybernetic Depression, released earlier in 2015 on Flying Nun Records and Lil' Chief Records. Long time video collaborator Simon Ward - who produced and directed the video - says "Is It All OK?" is a synthetic story of the love and loss of the human race.  

Street Chant have released their latest video for 'Insides' - which features the band living out their high life dreams in the less glamorous surrounds of suburban Auckland flats.    The video premiered over on Brooklyn Vegan, who wrote there’s nary a dull moment in its 40-minute running time that swerves from punky rippers (including fantastic 2012 single “Sink,” the only oldie here) to janglier/scrappier fare that has more in common with New Zealand’s indie rock history.You can buy the vinyl here

In a post-internet era of short attention spans and jarring sonic changeability, the consistent tone and content of Auckland three-piece Street Chant is as refreshing as their songs are unsettling. Following a half-decade that’s seen them tour internationally in support of bands as acclaimed as The Lemonheads, The Dead Weather and The 3Ds, as well as multiple trips to SXSW, CMJ and Big Sound, the very-long- awaited release of second full-length Hauora on iconic New Zealand indie Flying Nunfinds the band picking up where their lauded, New Zealand Music Award-winning debut Means (2010, Arch Hill) left off.   Set to...

Street Chant have released a b-side 'unreleased' track from their forthcoming album Hauora, which is out on April 1st