New Zealand New Releases
New Zealand New Releases
Below is a list of all New Zealand titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 1 to 20 of 49
Lontalius
Real Fruit Ice Cream (LP) [ Drops / LP - released 14/Aug/2026 ] Real Fruit Ice Cream is the seventh album from New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer Lontalius. Drawing on classic pop, country and '80s production, it captures the feeling of a perfect summer already beginning to fade. |
Reb Fountain
Water For Gasoline (LP) [ Fountain Records / LP - released 14/Aug/2026 ] Water for Gasoline marks a significant creative departure for Reb Fountain. Written and recorded in Fountain's own garage studio this year, this new album captures the spontaneity and vulnerability of her creative process. Recorded live, most... |
Reb Fountain
Water For Gasoline (Smokey Clear / Black Coloured Vinyl LP) [ Fountain Records / LP - released 14/Aug/2026 ] Water for Gasoline marks a significant creative departure for Reb Fountain. Written and recorded in Fountain's own garage studio this year, this new album captures the spontaneity and vulnerability of her creative process. Recorded live, most... |
Mel Parsons
Castle Hill [ Cape Road Recordings / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] Named after the remote mountain village in New Zealand's Southern Alps where it was recorded, CASTLE HILL is the Lyttelton-based artist's seventh album. Across 10 tracks, the album explores resilience, grief, self-doubt, nostalgia, presence and... |
Mel Parsons
Castle Hill (LP) [ Cape Road Recordings / LP - released 7/Aug/2026 ] Named after the remote mountain village in New Zealand's Southern Alps where it was recorded, CASTLE HILL is the Lyttelton-based artist's seventh album. |
Sheep, Dog & Wolf
Ceiling Waves (LP) [ Nacre / LP - released 7/Aug/2026 ] The layered, undulating sound of Sheep, Dog & Wolf has always defied categorisation. Auckland-born, London-based avant-pop polymath Daniel McBride creates mind-bending, genre-hopping compositions that meld experimentalism, math-rock, emo-folk,... |
Various Artists
Fully Nowhere: A World Resources Archive (Limited Edition LP) [ World Of Echo / 2 LP - released 7/Aug/2026 ] A major archival release from World Resources, the Aotearoa/New Zealand imprint responsible for some of the rarest lathe‑cut experimental records of the 1990s. Fully Nowhere compiles material from the original 7" singles and LPs - plus unreleased... |
Hina
Descending Dreams (LP) [ Hina / LP - released 31/Jul/2026 ] After six years shaping her sound and presence across the Te Whanganui-a-Tara and Tāmaki Makaurau music scenes, HINA presents Descending Dreams. Emerging from a period of personal turbulence, the album explores complex relationships and the... |
The Broken Heartbreakers
Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving [ Slow Time Records / CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] After more than ten years between albums, Ōtepoti-based indie-folk songsmiths The Broken Heartbreakers return with Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving - their fourth studio album, released via Slow Time Records. Led by songwriters Rachel Bailey... |
The Broken Heartbreakers
Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving (Black Vinyl LP) [ Slow Time Records / LP - released 17/Jul/2026 ] After more than ten years between albums, Ōtepoti-based indie-folk songsmiths The Broken Heartbreakers return with Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving - their fourth studio album, released via Slow Time Records. Led by songwriters Rachel Bailey... |
The Broken Heartbreakers
Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving (White Vinyl LP) [ Slow Time Records / LP - released 17/Jul/2026 ] After more than ten years between albums, Ōtepoti-based indie-folk songsmiths The Broken Heartbreakers return with Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving - their fourth studio album, released via Slow Time Records. Led by songwriters Rachel Bailey... |
Gin Wigmore
Beautiful Mess [ Universal Music NZ / CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] Capturing the contrast of life's highs and lows, light and darkness, softness and grit, Beautiful Mess marks Gin Wigmore's most personal and powerful body of work to date. Moving between tender, country-leaning introspection and raw, high-energy... |
Gin Wigmore
Beautiful Mess (LP) [ Universal Music NZ / LP - released 17/Jul/2026 ] Capturing the contrast of life's highs and lows, light and darkness, softness and grit, Beautiful Mess marks Gin Wigmore's most personal and powerful body of work to date. Moving between tender, country-leaning introspection and raw, high-energy... |
Jordan Rakei
Between Us (12") [ Fonterra UK / 12in - released 17/Jul/2026 ] Jordan Rakei's Between Us EP captures a moment of pure creative exchange, bringing together a handpicked circle of collaborators including FKJ, Jalen Ngonda, Nubya Garcia, Tom McFarland (Jungle) and Femi Koleoso (Ezra Collective). Built from... |
Ladi6
Le Vā (LP) [ Ladi 6 / LP - released 17/Jul/2026 ] Renowned for her authentic storytelling and magnetic stage presence, Ladi6 has carved a path that honours her Pacific identity and the stories that shaped her while pushing the boundaries of contemporary music. A soulful return and creative... |
Ladi6
Le Vā [ Ladi 6 / CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] Renowned for her authentic storytelling and magnetic stage presence, Ladi6 has carved a path that honours her Pacific identity and the stories that shaped her while pushing the boundaries of contemporary music. |
MELODOWNZ
Bron (LP) [ Drops / LP - released 14/Jul/2026 ] MELODOWNZ has been at the forefront of Aotearoa hip-hop for over a decade, with cult-favourite projects Avontales, Melo & Blues, Melo & Bass and his award-winning debut album LONE WOLF establishing him as one of the country's most respected... |
Mint Chicks
Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! [ Festival / Warner / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! is the second full-length album released by The Mint Chicks and was originally released in New Zealand on Flying Nun. The album dominated the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2007, earning five awards as well as achieving Gold... |
Mint Chicks
Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! (Limited White Vinyl LP) [ Festival / Warner / LP - released 3/Jul/2026 ] Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! is the second full-length album released by The Mint Chicks and was originally released in New Zealand on Flying Nun. The album dominated the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2007, earning five awards as well as achieving Gold... |
Borderline
Borderline (LP) [ Drops / LP - released 26/Jun/2026 ] New Zealand indie-pop four-piece Borderline deliver a debut album built for repeat listens, packed with shimmering guitars, funk-leaning grooves, huge choruses, and the kind of songwriting that turns late-night feelings into instant anthems. Shaped... |
