Music News - Street Chant Announce Release of Second Album Hauora & Tour
17 March 2016 - 0 Comments
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 Nun finds the band picking up where their lauded, New Zealand Music Award-winning debut Means (2010, Arch Hill) left off.
Set to be released on 1 April 2016, Hauora is a compact, energised and complex set of songs plumbing the intriguing depths of the Urban New Zealand Condition in the early 21st century. From the Saturday night booze binges of Sink to the petty shared-house bleakness of Pedestrian Support League, the album explores in sardonic humour and hook-laden melodies the highs and woes of creative life in Auckland City.
Brooklyn Vegan hailed Hauora this morning, saying "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...New single Insides is a good example of Street Chant’s sneery, snotty style, dropping Sylvia Plath references while jamming out power chords."
Hauora is that rarest of sophomore efforts; an album that continues a pre-existing trajectory without resorting to repetition or routine. Given that its name is taken from the Māori word for the four aspects of personal health – spiritual, physical, mental and social – it’s fitting that Hauora plays like an exorcism of sorts. There’s catharsis palpable throughout, while Emily Edrosa’s pervasive optimism and energetic wit brings the album’s intense energy full circle.
Though the band’s composition
has gone through some changes since Means– while Edrosa and bassist Billie
Rogers remain, drummer Alex
Brown was replaced by Chris
Varnham (Wilberforces) post-recording – their modus operandi
remains progressive and active as ever. Over a choppily-strummed acoustic
guitar, Edrosa closes the album on ‘Hauora Forever’ by stating plainly,
tongue ever-so-slightly in cheek, “If every day was a Sunday / I’d forget to be
depressed”. It’s apparent that with the release of Hauora, Street Chant have little to be sad about.
Street Chant’s Hauora is to be
released 1st April 2016 on Flying Nun. The band are taking their new songs on
the road to celebrate Hauora's release this April. See below for dates.
Listen to a private stream/download
of Hauora here.
Pre-order the vinyl of Hauora here
STREET CHANT - HAUORA TOUR
March 29 - Nivara, Hamilton
April 1 - The Manor, Auckland (limited entry)
April 2 - Golden Dawn, Auckland
April 8 - Caroline, Wellington
April 9 - Great Job, Palmerston North
April 15th - The Crown, Dunedin
April 16th - Darkroom, Christchurch
April 29 - Kings Arms, Auckland
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