SO SO MODERN | BAND

So So Modern emerged from Te Whanganui-a-Tara as one of the country's most adventurous and internationally acclaimed bands of the late 2000s. Fusing the urgency of post-punk, the precision of math rock, and the pulse of electronic music, the band built a formidable reputation from early A Low Hum shows through to relentless international touring, sharing stages with artists such as Foals, CSS, Deerhoof, and Dirty Projectors, performing more than 150 shows a year across Europe, the UK, and North America at their peak.

The band released a series of acclaimed 7-inch singles and their debut album Crude Futures through influential UK independent label Transgressive Records, helping establish them as one of New Zealand's most successful international underground exports.

Their explosive live performances and boundary-pushing sound drew widespread critical acclaim. NME praised the band for creating music that "weld[s] together successfully the disruptive qualities of post-punk with the discipline of math-rock," while The Guardian memorably described them as sounding "like Klaxons and Kraftwerk together."

Now shaping their optimistic, apocalyptic, apocamystic future, SSM returns as the original line up of Daniel, Aidan, Grayson and Mark - a testimony to their long-lasting musical friendship.