Presented by the New Zealand Festival
Nearly 35 years after the 1982 record that helped launch New Zealand’s most important independent record label and take the “Dunedin Sound” to the rest of the country and then the world, the New Zealand Festival has brought two of the Dunedin Double EP's bands – The Verlaines and The Chills – together for a one-off pair of concerts.
The Verlaines formed in Dunedin in 1981 and immediately made their mark with sophisticated songwriting and unique, uncompromisingly difficult torrents of harmony influenced by classical music.
Reuniting their 1986 line-up of Jane Dodd (bass), Robbie Yeats (drums) and co-founder Graeme Downes (vocals/guitar), the band will perform a special set of songs written by Downes between 1979 and 1986 for the albums Juvenilia, Hallelujah and Bird Dog.
Of all their incarnations, it is this one with this repertoire that will strike at the heart of fans.
The band's 10th studio album, a double album entitled Dunedin Spleen, will be released in 2016, as will a double live album of this version of the band recorded in 1986.
With support from Creative New Zealand and Pub Charity
Tickets: $69 (excl fees) from Ticketek
