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Definition of coup de main : an attack that achieves complete surprise.

Fazerdaze announces new album 'Soft Power' + shares first single 'Cherry Pie'.

Fazerdaze has officially returned with the announce of her new album 'Soft Power' set for release on the 15th of November. The first single for the album 'Cherry Pie' has also been released alongside the announcement. 

She shares on the track: “‘Cherry Pie' began as lyrics on my phone during my first overseas trip to LA almost ten years ago. Now, at 31, this song has journeyed with me through many different versions of myself."

Made with the support of NZ On Air.

Listen to 'Cherry Pie' below...

Interview: Molly Payton on her debut full-length album 'YOYOTTA'.

"I wear love like it's second hand / And soft and real," earnestly confesses Molly Payton on the track, 'A hand held strong' - from her debut full-length album, 'YOYOTTA'. The album follows up Payton's mini album 'Slack' which she released back in 2021 and carves a brand new chapter for Payton in her sonic universe and closes a past one in her life. A glimpse into her world and all its trinkets for a moment, Payton reminisces on making the effort to better yourself and hold onto precious memories - even though sometimes you don't want to.

Keni Titus shares new 'Juliet' EP.

Los Angeles based singer songwriter Keni Titus has dropped a new five-track EP titled 'Juliet'. She will be touring with Beabadoobee across North America on her 'This Is How Tomorrow Moves' tour. 

Keni describes the EP: "To me, ‘juliet’ is like kissing someone with all your heart when you’ve never meant it before. It feels like I’m transitioning from girlhood to womanhood. If someone took a picture of my life over the past year, it would sound like these songs. It’s just life.”

Listen to the EP below... 

Halsey announces new album 'The Great Impersonator'.

Halsey has announced her fifth studio album 'The Great Impersonator' will be released on October 25th.

To reveal the cover and multi-decade variants, she sent fans across the world to find hidden time capsules in London, New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, and Sydney.
 
They shared via their socials: "I made this record in the space between life and death. And it feels like I’ve waited an eternity for you to have it. I’ll wait a bit longer. I’ve waited a decade, already."

Introducing: Juliet Ivy and her 'tiny but scary' EP.

It's raining and Juliet Ivy is welcoming you inside her house with her sophomore EP, 'tiny but scary'.

If the born and raised New Yorker could describe it you in three words, she would use "indie-pop existential girlhood". Speckled with trojan horse lyricism and relatable honesty, Ivy has immortalised the complicated and ever-changing emotions that come with girlhood in the 21st century. 

Gracie Abrams is coming to New Zealand + here's why you should see her live.

With the release of her sophomore album, 'The Secret Of Us', Gracie Abrams has announced that she will be making her debut headline arena performance in Auckland on April 29th at Spark Arena. 

When Taylor Swift sung, "Do you really wanna know where I was April 29th?" in her track 'High Infidelity', she was talking about us at the Gracie Abrams show next year!

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