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Lake South | Ōtautahi w/ Timothy Blackman + Laura Lee Lovely
August 23, 2019 @ 9:00 pm - 11:59 pm NZST
$15 – $20Home Alone Music are proud to present the national tour of Lake South’s sophomore album, ‘Wellington | Te Upoko O Te Ika’.
First single ‘South Coast’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5fqQOA4Kwk
Support in ?tautahi from Timothy Blackman + Laura Lee Lovely.
Lake South performs electricUTOPIA music with midi triggers, guitar, and voice – along with live drums from Eddie Crawshaw (Sheep, Dog & Wolf, Bonaparte). In 2017, Lake South released his first album ‘If You’re Born On An Island The Ocean Heals You’ to critical acclaim.
“A well-written dream” – NZ Musician Magazine
“Nostalgic, elegiac synth-pop meditations on what it means to be a 20/30-something in modern Aotearoa” – National Library of NZ
“Complex, interesting, prematurely nostalgic . . . yet capturing the zeitgeist for his generation” – Elsewhere Music blog
“This underrated artist is a titantic talent” – The Revue.ca
“Smart lyrics, tasteful synth and a distinct New Zealand accent” – The Wild Honey Pie
‘Wellington | Te Upoko O Te Ika’ is an album that explores one person’s interpretation of place. A web app has been created to allow people to listen to the songs in the places they sing about. You can experience Lake South’s ‘Wellington’ now, here: https://lake-south.com/wellington
Instead of physical albums, a set of 11 postcards will be available at live shows. Each postcard represents a song/place/sentiment.
“I can hear music, as I walk without grace through back-blocks of gorse – I’m nothing here. I know the hills, I know the wind, I feel it blowing me. I found a path, steep and unclear, I climb it to comprehend…”
Tickets $15 (+bf): https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/ticket/10532/Lake-South—Album-Release-Tour.utr