Swallow the Rat kicked off their Aotearoa tour tonight, releasing a new EP – Face Unpopular, and also announcing an 18-date tour of Europe in September. With fellow Tamaki Makaurau post-punker Memory Foam on the bill, an evening of riffs, rhythms and raciousness lay ahead for 13th Floor Reviewer Simon Coffey.
13th Floor resident craft beer socialist, Simon Coffey could not let the opportunity to see one of his favourite Tamaki Makaurau bands – Scran play at a Craft Beer Brewery! So with a hip-hip hooray, it was off to the home of the hipsters – Ngā Anawai aka Kingsland on a blustery spring evening.
Post their critically acclaimed album Steel Magnolias comes Memory Foam‘s latest offering Moon Power, along with an animated video from director Michael Logie (F In Math, Mint Chicks) made with support from NZoA.
Iceage was last here as part of Laneway 2015. Eight years and two (proper) albums on, they finally returned, adding Wellington to their trophy list.