10 August 2021 - 0 Comments

Poneke/ Wellington jangle / surf / fuzz-pop sextet Tidal Rave return with an eight song album to follow up their 2020 release Heart Screams.

Albumette was primarily written during the seemingly never-ending 2020 lockdown era, and explores such pertinent topics as "police incompetence, problematic capitalism, disconnection and in-between spaces."

The feature single is Banana, which the band released a music video for on 3 August.

The recording sounds darker and heavier on Albumette, and the bands song-writing mixes echoes of the kind of hard-edged driving post-punk rock of Vivian Girls with the melodic flair of Dead Famous People, and the jangling energy of Look Blue, Go Purple.

Recorded by Lee Prebble and Andrew Downes at The Surgery and mastered by Mike Gibson at Munki.

Tidal Rave are taking Albumette on tour -

Friday 13th August - Yot Club, Raglan w/ Lizard Prom, Yer Maw’s 5g Meatsuit

Saturday 14th August - The Wine Cellar, Auckland w/ Lizard Prom, Cootie Cuties

Saturday 21st August - Newtown Sports Bar, Wellington w/ Terror of the Deep, Bird Feeder

Friday 27th August - The Crown, Dunedin w/ Alpha Delta, Blue Cheese

Saturday 28th August - Wunderbar, Lyttleton w/ Solo Ono, Model Home

Friday 11th September - Snails, Palmerston North w/ Swampwitch, Solo Ono

Tickets at Under the Radar

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