18 September 2021 - 0 Comments

The Rocky Bay Midnights are proud to announce the release of their debut album Songs About People We Know.

Available on Bandcamp, Spotify and Apple Music, Songs About People We Know is the creative culmination of Waiheke-based musicians Meredith Wilkie and Kyla Dyresen.

A multi-genre band, the Rocky Bay Midnights are inspired by melodic rock from the 70's and 80's. Add to this the bands’ personal and dramatic flair, and the result is honest, poignant and a perfect music to crank at high volume – solo or with friends.

Songs About People We Know is a collection of songs about the people who impact our lives. Whether a person met in passing or relationships developed through years of deeper understanding. Like any relationship, the songs of Songs About People We Know are honest, raw and emotionally impactful. With themes of love, friendship and the complicated sides of relationships, this album will ring true for anyone who’s loved, lost or simply found new friendship over a long night and a few drinks.

“Musically, the album revels in Meredith and Kyla’s wide breadth of inspiration - from the deep soul-rock of opener Flint and Steel to the more contemporary Kiwi RnB sound (and a stunningly wigged out guitar solo crescendo) on closer You Must Stay, there are plenty of genre-departures into the worlds of psychedelia and soul, and quite wonderfully on Scaredy Cat, a kind of cabaret jazz that sits somewhere between Nina Simone and Cab Calloway.” - James Belfield, music critic for stuff.co.nz, The Listener and the Waiheke Gulf News.

The Rocky Bay Midnights formed in 2018 when two similar posts on a local Facebook page calling to form a band found the right people. Now three years later, the result is a creative mix of melodic sing-alongs and beautiful soundscapes.

Despite forming through a random Facebook encounter, it’s clear that the Rocky Bay Midnights have discovered a musical cohesion that works perfectly, and Songs About People We Know is likely to be the first of many albums from this new band.

The Rocky Bay Midnights album Songs about People We Know is now available on Bandcamp, Spotify and Apple Music.

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