In the End I Won't Be Coming Home

Te Whanganui-a-Tara's 'dream pop' luminaries French For Rabbits mark just over a decade of releases with their new EP, In the End I Won't Be Coming Home, backed with their debut EP, Claimed by the Sea.

Both were recorded at The Surgery in Wellington with Lee Prebble, neatly bookending songwriter Brooke Singer and guitarist John Fitzgerald's remarkable journey with FFR so far.

On the EP French For Rabbits are joined by classic ensemble The Black Quartet who weave their way around the band. The string arrangements and immaculate instrumentation deftly evoking dramatic landscapes and vast emotions.

…their music's beating heart is often shrouded by atmospherics and mystique, and they seem to operate under the rightful assumption that a well-placed whisper can be as powerful as dramatically belting it out…
Stereogum