Featured Artist - Feb 2007
The Undercurrents
Contact: The Band
undercurrents@xtra.co.nz
www.myspace.com/theundercurrentsnz
Indie Art Rock
All Plastic Records / Global Routes
What The Undercurrents lack in technique they make up on the spot. Swaying dangerously from artrock meditations at volume to faux country with good-old-kiwi-doo-wop-harmony-pop-til-you-drop in between, they leave no hair unrazed.
The Undercurrents' story began with a typical South Island scenario - huddled around the Conray mid-winter making up and recording songs. Since then they've released an EP and 3 singles... all of which have been played a lot on the b-Net stations throughout the country.
Those original recording sessions resulted in the self titled EP which included the songs 'Breaking Waves', 'My Bonnie Lies Over the River', 'The Big Thaw' and 2004 b-net music awards best unreleased song nomination 'When You Wish Upon a Star'.
The Undercurrents have continued to write and record since those days producing another single 'She Was Not Absurd' which charted at #1 on the Radioscope Indie Charts in 2004.
After recording this single and demos for an album, original drummer Nathan Bycroft set sail for Italy whereupon Pine's Stephen McCarthy joined the band. Also added to the group at this time was violinist/keyboardist Mike Summerfield. McCarthy's stint was short lived, however, so Simon Nunn of High Tone Destroyers/SVS Hit Machine fame joined the band. And now they rock.
Highlights of 2005 include winning the Dux de Lux Round-Up band competition. Their recently released self titled EP is available at smokecds.com and the video of the single "Oceans Wide" can be seen on their MySpace.
Band Members:
Mike Summerfield (violin, keyboard)
Simon Nunn (drums)
Jamey Holloway (guitar, vocals)
Nik O'Keefe (bass, vocals)
Marcus Winstanley (guitar)
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