Behind the Music series. The New Sound of Country through Prime’s excellent
Anthems series and last year’s
The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps, she has proven more than adept and adroit at crafting taut and interesting tales and eliciting passion, emotion and unguarded moments from her subjects. Here, she skilfully weaves together a raft of archival footage with contemporary interviews with all band members past and present: Eli Paewai. Chris Mac. Ji Fraser. Marlon Gerbes. Matiu Walters and Hoani Matenga. All are given the chance to tell their side of the story, air their past concerns and grievances and – just for a moment – bathe in their success.
When filmmaker Julia Parnell began documenting the story of New Zealand’s biggest band, she didn’t anticipate the challenges of finishing the project in a pandemic.
Dead Favours Winter Tour Event
Dead Favours released their chart-topping debut single Dig in 2016, and now they re back and celebrating the release of their second album Rif ing & Yelling with a nationwide tour!
Produced by Six60’s Chris Mac, Rif ing & Yelling will be released in a two-part series with the first part ‘side a’ coming out Friday 21 May, and ‘side b’ later this year.
The tour will bring tunes from ‘side a’ including their new single Move On, alongside notable favourites from their first album Misbehaviour. Frontman Jared Wrennall states, “This album was written whilst going through a break-up. Though it’s kind of personal, it’s also on a level that many people will be able to relate to. It’s dark but it’s light, it’s sad but it’s happy. It’s an album I never thought I’d write, but I’m glad I did.”