07 February 2025 - 0 Comments

Moemoeā is a duo (Sherrie Flanagan and Chloe Danz) born in the vintage of 1984, hailing from the sunny east coast region of Hawkes Bay and both landed in Ōpunakē at different points where the journey of Moemoeā began.

Chloe Danz known for solo perfomances and recording with Unintended Strangers and Sherrie Flanagan (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Mutunga) performing with Te Aiotanga o Houkura, Unity Wara Entertainment and King of the Mountain met at Opunake Players Incorporated through Heatwave a singing quintet.

After a night at Taranaki Singer songwriters in New Plymouth they were inspired to collaborate. Their first song quickly came together following an easy partnership, with Sherrie’s strength in writing and Chloe’s composition/melody.

Moemoeā release their first Debut EP Flicker today, 7th February 2025, after a year of recording and overwhelming support from their whānau, community and friends to release their harmonic sound.

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The EP has been produced by Sam Johnson at Rhythm Ace Studios in Oakura over the last year and compromises of 5 tracks; Burn It Down, Black Flicker, Monsters (the duo’s first music video), Regrets (released at the Taranaki Festival of Lights) and Switch Off, the newest release for the EP.

The EP is the duos selected pick of 7 songs recorded with Sam Johnson over the last year from the 16 songs composed since their conception in 2021. Moemoeā’s sound is folk pop style with a 90’s cinematic feel.

2024 Highlights for Moemoeā was performing at the Taranaki Arts Festival: Spieglefest and the Festival of Lights.

“The past few years have been the essence of Moemoeā a dream that was a vision that is now a reality. To find my vista (vocal sista) has been a dream, our harmonies weave together in an unexpected twist and still give us goosebumps in practice. We are forever grateful to our friends, whānau and community who have pushed us into all the” never have we ever” moments in 2024 and looking forward to what is to come in 2025”. – Sherrie

Moemoeā were back in the studio in January to record more songs but you can hear more from them on Spotify, and YouTube, Facebook and Instagram which you can follow for updates on their next liver performances.

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