16 June 2022 - 0 Comments

Today you can hear Dave’s Place, a new offering from Bret McKenzie’s Songs Without Jokes, his full-length, solo debut, out August 26th, 2022, worldwide through Sub Pop.

McKenzie says of the track, “Like most of my songs I wrote this one night at home in Wellington while strumming away on my guitar. I then worked with producer Mickey Petralia in L.A. to develop the initial idea. What started off as a three-chord country song, came out the other side an eighties Blade Runner, Dire Straits-esque jam. The song is called Dave’s Place after the late Dave Bianco. Dave was an amazing audio engineer I worked with on various occasions in L.A., but he sadly passed away not long before I started making this record. Dave had a studio in the North Hollywood he referred to as 'Dave’s place’. After he passed I finally worked there and this is the track that came out of that session. I sometimes think Dave is watching over this one."

McKenzie, along with his seven-piece band, has scheduled international headlining shows for the fall of 2022 in support of Songs Without Jokes, beginning September 2nd in Nelson, New Zealand at Trafalgar Center and currently ending Sunday, November 20th in Atlanta, Georgia at the Eastern. For more information on tickets please visit https://bretmckenzie.co.nz/tour/.

BRET MCKENZIE
Songs Without Jokes
NEW ZEALAND SEPTEMBER 2022

ALL SHOWS ALL AGES

Friday, 2 September
Trafalgar Centre | Nelson, NZ
ticketmaster.co.nz | 0800 111 000

Saturday, 3 September
Town Hall | Christchurch, NZ
ticketek.co.nz | 0800 842 538

Sunday, 4 September
Town Hall | Dunedin, NZ
ticketmaster.co.nz | 0800 111 000

Monday, 5 September
Civic Theatre | Invercargill, NZ
ticketek.co.nz | 0800 842 538

Thursday, 8 September
Opera House | Wellington, NZ
ticketmaster.co.nz | 0800 111 000

Monday, 12 September
Royal Whanganui Opera House | Whanganui, NZ
ticketek.co.nz | 0800 842 538

Tuesday, 13 September
Opera House | Hastings, NZ
eventfinda.co.nz

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