NEW GARAGE POP BAND "KEELTYS"
Posted: Fri Oct 2, 2020 12:20 pm

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We are “Keeltys", a new five piece indie/garage rock band recently formed in Christchurch.

We are made up of Sam Keelty (2nd year @ARA),
Ben Townshend ("Merlinco", also 2nd year),
Liam Makinson (2nd year jazz guitarist),
Ben Henderson (2nd year bassist),
and Josh Derwahl ("Plum Jam”, 1st year jazz drummer)

We just played our first gig @Space Academy a couple Fridays ago with Shaun Malloch and Basement - it went really well and we have another lined up at the Darkroom on the 30th with fellow indie rockers “Kimono" (UCSA TEA PARTY 2020, recently played with The Butlers and There’s A Tuesday @Isaac Theatre Royal) and" Amber Carly Williams" (BAY DREAMS 2021).

Just yesterday, we released our debut single “Humans of Hanrahan (live)” - which was recorded live at ARA music arts. The song is a testament to student culture, and how us young New Zealanders tend to try and have a rowdy time, at all costs.

Here are a few links to the song:
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/keeltys/human-of-hanrahan (downloadable)
Humans of Hanrahan lyric video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeH-xs002qA

Here is a link to a video of us at Space Academy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXrcF2R-Omw&t=1s

Here are a few links to our social media page:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/keeltys
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/keeltys_