Following up a critically acclaimed sophomore album ‘Vindication Blues’, Luckless, the project of songwriter Ivy Rossiter, will be touring solo throughout the country this November, arm-in-arm with Wellington folk trio Pales.
After the celebrated ‘Vindication Blues’ tour took a four-piece Luckless band through the country’s largest centers in July of 2014, this November tour offers audiences the chance to experience the more introspective, reflective solo side of Luckless. Wrangling a 1964 Silvertone electric guitar and a loop station, Rossiter conjures the ethereal and elusive, and has been lauded by critics throughout the country as a unique, rich and powerful independent voice.
Pales brings together Scott Maynard, Mike Isaacs and Rose Blake, a trio of musicians from Wellington’s oft-collaborative folk scene, replete with credits from many other musical endeavours under their collective belts. Armed with banjos, guitars and three angelic voices, Pales will be performing brand new material throughout the tour in anticipation of their imminent follow-up to their 2013 debut ‘It’s Cold Outside’. Their combination of sophisticated and challenging songwriting with three-part vocal harmony promises to melt even the stoniest of souls.
Describing Into The East is like walking through a Baz Luhrmann film. It’s watching old friends bounce on a trampoline whilst pouring their souls onto a kaleidoscope. It’s laughing until your chest burns, falling into a spiral of doubt then catapulting into an ocean of open arms.
Since busting onto the scene as a pair of Southern unknowns in 2013, Graeme Woller & Liv McBride have gathered a strong following thanks to their tight performances & crystalline sound that has been described as Fleetwood Mac with the poetic & harmonic charm of Simon & Garfunkel. Critics cannot find fault in debut album Fight From The Inside Think Fairport Convention taking Neil Young’s acoustic vision apart and building something new with the bones of Sheryl Crow.” (NZ Musician Magazine)
In the 10 months since debuting, Into The East have perpetually toured Aotearoa, picking up nominations for Best NZ Folk Album, a nomination for the highly regarded Taite Music Prize & a win in the form of APRA Album Of The Year & Band Of The Year at the 2014 Southland Entertainment Awards.
Between these acoustic reveries of Pales, and the dynamic vocals and sculpted loops of Luckless, these shows offer audiences the country over the chance to experience the enchanting and challenging music being created outside of the mainstream today.
Tour Dates:
Thursday 6 November – The Darkroom, Christchurch
Friday 7 November – Chick’s Hotel, Dunedin, with The Eastern
Saturday 8 November – The Cheeky Llama Café, Invercargill, with Into The East & Amy McLean
Sunday 9 November – The Sip Café Bar, Oamaru Opera House, Oamaru
Monday 10 November – The Yeti Collective, Kaikoura
Tuesday 11 November – Civil & Naval, Lyttelton
Wednesday 12 November – Rogue & Vagabond, Wellington
Thursday 13 November – Great Job, Palmerston North
Friday 14 November – Dome Bar, Gisborne
Sunday 16 November – Golden Dawn, Auckland
Kudos for Luckless
“beautifully controlled, almost sculpted music… but that’s only one side of Luckless, and Rossiter’s other mode is more defiant than defeated… atmospheric and dynamic, and perfectly suited to songs I’d describe as lusty and lyrical, but hardly Luckless.” - Nick Bollinger, Radio New Zealand
Kudos for Pales
sparse but sophisticated album that has some more than impressive vocal work as well as guitar playing – The Equal Ground
