Francisca Griffin Announces a Long-Awaited North Island Tour

Francisca Griffin of pivotal Flying Nun band Look Blue Go Purple releases perhaps her most intimate and delicate single yet, featuring fellow Dunedin music icon Alastair Galbraith.  This is ahead of anticipated live shows with The Bus Shelter Boys, aka Gabriel Griffin (Sewage, Cuck, Swallows Nest), Mick Elborado (Terminals, Negative Nancies) and new addition Ro Rushton-Green (Sewage, The Ladder is Part of the Pit).

The sharing of ‘Ghost Boy’ comes from a long gestation, reflective of the personal song. Francisca: “Ghost Boy was written in 2000, it’s about my son Oscar – we were arguing just before he went back to London, that was really hard for both of us, saying goodbye again. The song arrived fully formed – I actually started writing it on my bass, but then transposed it to guitar. I made a couple of attempts at recording it, but it never quite worked until I met Forbes Williams. Alastair Galbraith plays e-bowed guitar  – I know! it sounds like his violin….”

The accompanying video is filmed around beautiful Back Beach in Port Chalmers. Locals know it well, and love their daily walks that offer a different experience each time. It is made by young Dunedin musician Tane Cotton (Bliss Point).

Like many before them Francisca Griffin and The Bus Shelter Boys were meant to tour NZ and Australia last year before they were struck by the covid curveball. Francisca has played a number of solo shows around the country and is pleased to finally be able to introduce her band, with their finely honed live chemistry following numerous gigs around their home town the past few years. Local music stalwart Ian Henderson (Fishrider Records) describes Francisca’s music: “the kind of freshness and instantly recognisable light and airy guitar tones of its place of origins. Psychedelic folk perhaps, Southern NZ style, and in some respects as reminiscent of David Kilgour’s solo music as it is of Look Blue Go Purple.”

Come along and indulge.

Francisca Griffin and The Bus Shelter Boys on tour April 2021
Tickets available from www.undertheradar.co.nz

 Friday April 9 The Crown Dunedin
with Birdation and Diana

Thursday April 22 Whammy, Auckland
with Na Noise and Kraus

Saturday April 24  Nivara Lounge, Hamilton
with Bitter Defeat and The Biscuits

Sunday April 25th Snails, Palmerston North
*early show 3.30pm / All ages
with Campbell Neale

Wednesday April 28th Miracle Room, Featherston
All ages, early evening acoustic show

 Thursday April 29th, St Peter’s Hall, Paekakariki    
with The Perms

Friday April 30th Pyramid Club Wellington
with The Perms