Journal

Pōneke’s Womb are thrilled to announce the trio’s upcoming sophomore album, Dreaming of the Future Again — out digitally and on 180g black vinyl on November 11th, 2022. Holiday Records was again the proud pressing plant behind this release from Flying Nun. Womb had an emphasis on producing this as sustainably as possible which included forgoing shrink-wrap in preference for reusable outer-sleeves and taking advantage of our strict use of 100% FSC-certified sustainable stock for all of the print. BUY THE ALBUM HERE Womb is made up of siblings Cello Forrester (vocals, guitar, strings), Haz Forrester (synth, guitar), and Georgette Brown (drums). Their music is a composite of the three and builds on the shoegaze and dream...

The Wellington Sound has arrived, and it is DARTZ. The Wellington party-punk foursome have recorded a collection of their fan favourite songs; their debut album appropriately titled The Band from Wellington, New Zealand. Their album is to be released digitally, on CD, and on standard black or limited edition ‘Lion Brown’ vinyl via Flying Nun Records on the 4th of November 2022. Like most Flying Nun releases, Holiday Records is the pressing plant proudly behind the vinyl manufacturing of this debut album. BUY THE VINYL HERE. Featuring tracks such as the firm fan favourite '40 Riddiford Street’ (video below) - a singalong anthem railing against the inherent injustices of New Zealand’s gruelling...

Pacific-Music Awards winning, New Zealand street poet and rapper MELODOWNZ has released his long-awaited debut album, 'LONE WOLF', out now via Def Jam ANZ and SNIFFERS Records. Holiday Records had the absolute pleasure of bringing this debut accomplishment to the physical world by pressing it on fresh white vinyl (see the video below of MELODOWNZ visiting us onsite here at Holiday Records). LONE WOLF arrives as MELODOWNZ first full-length project since the rapper's 2018 EP Melo & Blues, and 2017’s breakout mixtape, Avontales, which found the rapper painting a graphic portrait of events based in his cultural melting pot hometown of Avondale,...

Beloved Australian rock outfit Ocean Alley have independently released their upcoming fourth album 'Low Altitude Living' today (14 October 2022). Holiday Records had the pleasure of pressing this double-LP in six different colour variants (the most we have ever done for one artist) which have since been distributed around New Zealand, Australia, USA and the UK in time for release. Opening the record with a feeling of warmth and familiarity, ‘Home’ (video below) is soaked with bright tones and subtly adorned with twinkling keys. The song is a product of the band’s opportunity to slow down in 2020, with space to...

Homegrown Grammy Award winner Joel Little has created chart-topping hits with the likes of Taylor Swift, Khalid and Imagine Dragons and now the internationally sought-after songwriter and producer is launching a world-class music hub to foster local talent in the heart of Tāmaki Makaurau’s Morningside. From 23 September 2022, BIG FAN is officially opening its doors – and its website – for venue enquiries and studio hire. Offering state-of-the-art recording facilities and a purpose-built performance space, BIG FAN is dedicated to helping people fulfil their ambitions through music.  The world-class facility, created and developed by Joel and his wife Gemma,...

Four years on from the award-winning (Album of the Year, Best Hip Hop Artist at the Aotearoa Music Awards 2019, Taite Music Prize 2019) debut by Avantdale Bowling Club, Tom Scott has announced the release of 'TREES' on 30 September. This much anticipated sophomore album is steeped in both secrecy and perfectionism. After providing test pressings for the first masters supplied to Holiday Records in early 2021, Tom went back to the drawing board. A year later we were supplied the masters for what we now can call 'TREES'. No singles, no elaborate marketing plan, just well-thought-out music from a much respected artist. "Don’t expect the same...

We had a chat with Theia to discuss her recently released debut album for her new project Te Kaahu - Te Kaahu O Rangi. The album is recorded entirely in te reo Māori so we thought it was a perfect start to our Album Feature Series here at Holiday Records, coming at the back of last week's Māori Language Week / Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. The album has also been recognised with finalist nominations for the Waiata Māori Music Awards (Best Te Reo Māori Album), the APRA Maioha Award (for her single ‘E Hine Ē’) and this year's inaugural Rolling Stone Awards (Best...