Music News - Anthonie Tonnon releasing 'Wicked Game' on Friday March 24
23 March 2023 - 0 Comments
Anthonie Tonnon is releasing Wicked Game on Friday March 24- a synth-heavy take on Chris Isaak’s immortal 1989 song, ahead of upcoming dates on tour in Aotearoa with his Leave Love Out Of This band.
Mixed by Bob Frisbee, and recorded with The Leave Love Out Of This band - Stuart Harwood on drums, David Flyger on Bass, Brooke Singer (French for Rabbits) on synthesizers, and Sam Taylor (Nadia Reid) on guitar, the new track exists in the same sonic world as Tonnon’s 2022 Taite Prize winning album. Of the track Tonnon says, “We workshopped this song in the rehearsal room just as we were starting to understand the machine that is our band, and what that machine can do. I love it because everyone in the band has had input into this arrangement - Stuart and David have completely rewritten the bass and drums, Brooke has moved the iconic guitar riffs and solos on to synthesizers, and Sam has created a new guitar counterpart, along with a couple of surprises. For a while in the formation of this band we were practising over distance, playing along with computers, but this is the sort of thing you can only come up with together in a room.”
The tour continues through the long summer and autumn, and sees Tonnon and band bring their live show, which features electronic and organic instruments and a stunning light show, to New Plymouth, Hamilton, Waiheke Island, Mosgiel and Queenstown. They will also perform at two more festivals -Cuba Dupa on March 25 and One Fine Day in Whanganui on April 1, alongside The Phoenix Foundation.
Tonnon is also announcing supports for the tour’s headline shows. The band will be joined by award winning artists Vera Ellen in New Plymouth, Jazmine Mary in Hamilton and Waiheke Island, and French for Rabbits (in duo form) in Mosgiel.
Of the tour, Tonnon says: “It’s been really fulfilling to take the band on tour over so many shows this summer - it’s been an adrenaline-filled experience for the band to play festivals like Splore and Nostalgia where we have to innovate quickly with our rather complicated set-up, and I think playing to those festival crowds has really elevated the band and the music. We’re also excited to reach new centres like New Plymouth and Hamilton where the band has never played together, particularly traveling with such a great technical crew in Wendy Clease on lights and Malcolm Ibell on sound. I’m so delighted to have Vera Ellen, Jazmine Mary, and French for Rabbits join our remaining headline shows - they’ve been responsible for some of the best albums of the last couple of years, and I can’t wait to see them play."
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