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 55
Church & AP
Teeth (LP) [ Drops / LP - released 25/Sep/2026 ] When Auckland duo Church & AP released their debut radio single 'Ready Or Not' in 2018, the Aotearoa hip-hop scene was in the depths of a commercial lull. Buoyed by high-rotation plays on New Zealand's biggest hip-hop and RnB radio station Mai FM and... |
Jess B
Matters Of The Heart (LP) [ Drops / LP - released 25/Sep/2026 ] After drip feeding fans with two killer new tracks, hip-hop powerhouse JessB has revealed her highly anticipated new album - Matters of the Heart. With Matters of the Heart, JessB continues to explore authenticity, personal growth, and... |
The Veils
Nux Vomica (LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 25/Sep/2026 ] The Runaway Found (2004), Nux Vomica (2006) and 2009's Sun Gangs established the New Zealand band as purveyors of lush, romantic indie, able to sweep through cinematic vistas into intimate emotional corners, via gothic orchestration and atmospheric... |
The Veils
The Runaway Found (LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 25/Sep/2026 ] The Runaway Found (2004), Nux Vomica (2006) and 2009's Sun Gangs established the New Zealand band as purveyors of lush, romantic indie, able to sweep through cinematic vistas into intimate emotional corners, via gothic orchestration and atmospheric... |
The Veils
Sun Gangs (LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 25/Sep/2026 ] The Runaway Found (2004), Nux Vomica (2006) and 2009's Sun Gangs established the New Zealand band as purveyors of lush, romantic indie, able to sweep through cinematic vistas into intimate emotional corners, via gothic orchestration and atmospheric... |
Dion Lunadon
Rare Gems Volume One (LP) [ Beast Records / LP - released 18/Sep/2026 ] "I don't think there's a single track that Mr. Lunadon has done that is not worth checking out… and live? Forget it! So cool." - Henry Rollins Rare Gems Volume One is comprised of 10 sick as fuck rare and unreleased studio tracks recorded between... |
The Nomad
ReGenerate [ Nomad Audio & Video / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] ReGenerate marks a 30-year milestone for Aotearoa electronic pioneer The Nomad. Beginning in 1996 with Locust and evolving into The Nomad in 1998, the album revisits unreleased ideas, reshapes past favourites, and introduces new material that bridges... |
The Nomad
Regenerate (Limited Edition LP) [ Nomad Audio & Video / 2 LP - released 18/Sep/2026 ] ReGenerate marks a 30-year milestone for Aotearoa electronic pioneer The Nomad. Beginning in 1996 with Locust and evolving into The Nomad in 1998, the album revisits unreleased ideas, reshapes past favourites, and introduces new material that bridges... |
Peter Jefferies
The Day They Let You Out Is The Day They Might Not Let You Come Back (LP) [ Grapefruit / LP - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Grapefruit is proud to release the first new album in 25 years from the legendary New Zealand singer-songwriter, Peter Jefferies. Known for his seminal post-punk bands Nocturnal Projections and This Kind of Punishment as well as his equally... |
Pitch Black
Ape To Angel [ Dubmission / 2 CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] Originally unleashed in October 2004, Ape to Angel took the momentum of Pitch Black's preceding albums to new levels, with the sound becoming fuller and the bass more driving. The duo tweaked the sounds of club culture around the dub heart of the... |
Smart Alec & Cleffor Cloggs
Like It Here (10") [ Digidub / 10in - released 4/Sep/2026 ] RELEASED SEPTEMBER 04. The third in a series of releases from the Digi Dub archives, Like it Here is a tribute to the poet laureate of Special Brew, the late Iffor Clarkson-Denbigh, who sadly departed us in 2021 to drink in the great park in the... |
Jonathan Bree
Don't Call It Love [ Lil' Chief Records / CD - released 28/Aug/2026 ] The man behind the mask, Jonathan Bree, returns with his sixth studio album. This seventeen-track double album is Bree's most ambitious project to date - an erotic, concept-driven epic that brings the sexual and sensual themes of his earlier records... |
Jonathan Bree
Don't Call It Love (LP) [ Lil' Chief Records / 2 LP - released 28/Aug/2026 ] The man behind the mask, Jonathan Bree, returns with his sixth studio album. This seventeen-track double album is Bree's most ambitious project to date - an erotic, concept-driven epic that brings the sexual and sensual themes of his earlier records... |
Reb Fountain
Water For Gasoline [ Fountain Records / CD - released 28/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... |
Mārama - Original Soundtrack (LP)
[ Impressed Recordings / LP - released 21/Aug/2026 ] A Haunting collision of taonga pūoro, orchestral dread and gothic atmosphere - a powerful sonic companion to one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most distinctive cinematic works. "The greatest horror is always colonisation" - The Spinoff Pressed on... |
Brandon De La Cruz
Blue Irises In Hologram (LP) [ Brandon De La Cruz / LP - released 21/Aug/2026 ] Blue Irises in Hologram is a new album by Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa-based folk artist Brandon De La Cruz. The album is comprised of eight songs born of a wide range of inspirational nexuses including a 10-day silent Vipassana retreat, an afternoon in... |
Greatsouth
Hellhole of the Pacific (LP) [ Drops / LP - released 21/Aug/2026 ] Hellhole of the Pacific (HOTP) is a concept EP and multimedia storytelling project that reclaims and reimagines Aotearoa's narratives through an urban Māori lens. It draws its name from the infamous label given to Kororāreka (Russell)in the 1830s-a... |
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... |
