14 October 2022 - 0 Comments

Recitals are hitting the road! Hot on the heels of their debut album Orbit I, the seven-piece will be hoisting their various instruments across the motu to tinker alongside some of their favourite musicians this November and December.

As well as visiting both of their home bases — Te Whanganui-A-Tara/Wellington (with support from Womb and The Spectre Collective) and Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland (as part of Flying Nun’s mini festival, Beautiful Things) — Recitals will also making stops along the way in Leigh (with Randa) and Te Papa-i-Oea/Palmerston North (with Mystery Waitress and Bitch Whistle). They’ll also be taking their first group visit to the South Island, with shows in Ōhinehou/Lyttleton (with Hannah Everingham and Model Home) and Ōtepoti/Dunedin (with Night Lunch and Dale Kerrigan).

RECITALS TOUR 2022

18 November - Loons, Ōhinehou/Lyttleton w/ Model Home & Hannah Everingham

19 November - The Crown, Ōtepoti/Dunedin w/ Night Lunch & Dale Kerrigan

25 November - Leigh Sawmill, Leigh w/ Randa

26 November - Flying Nun’s Beautiful Things, Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland
w/ Womb, Voom, Soft Bait, Jazmine Mary, Half Hexagon + more

9 December - Vogelmorn Hall, Te Whanganui-A-Tara/Wellington w/ Womb & The Spectre Collective

10 December - Snails, Te Papa-i-Oea/Palmerston North w/ Mystery Waitress & Bitch Whistle

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Recitals is a 7-piece band based in both Te Whanganui-A-Tara (Wellington) and Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland). They are made up of Xanthe Rook (Bass/Vocals), Tharushi Bowatte (Trumpet), Carla Camilleri (Keys/Vocals), Olivia Wilding (Cello), Christian Dimick (Guitar/Vocals), Josh Finegan (Drums) and Sam Curtiss (Guitar). Their sound sprawls across a blend of genres made up of each members’ unique musical personality, alchemizing a spectrum of influences into complex sonic structures that sew a thread between contemporary alt-folk and the avant-garde.

Making their mark in the capital, Recitals have established themselves as crowd favourites with their enchanting live performances, with each song creating a dreamscape atmosphere teetering between ambient and tumultuous. Their debut single, Tongue, released in 2020, placed them on the indie radar. In 2022, the band signed with Flying Nun Records to release their freshman exhibition - Orbit I, which debuted at No. 9 on the Official NZ Album Charts. Between the cooing melodies in Tongue, the angular drive in Gradient and the ethereal sweeps of The Pip, the album is a full exploration of timbre.

Recitals represent expedition, expression and friendship. The band’s unique makeup and kaleidoscopic, boundless sound is an exciting projection onto the musical radar and left open for the listener to traverse every layer.

LISTEN TO/BUY ORBIT I HERE

Photo Credit: Lewis Ferris

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