Panther And The Zoo
About Panther And The Zoo from Auckland
Having spent 2010 filling the ranks of more famous bands on booze-fuelled jaunts around the world, Auckland’s Panther and the Zoo have finally made their first album, and it’s “quite good”. While Graham Panther groped his way around unfamiliar buttons, knobs and pads as a touring member of the Ruby Suns, main zoo collaborator Hayden Eastmond-Mein developed multiple tambourine inflicted injuries in Lawrence Arabia’s band.
Periodically throughout the year, dreadfully hungover and jet-lagged, Panther and Eastmond-Mein made the long journey back home across the pacific to chip away at Panther and the Zoo’s long awaited debut album; left safely in a New Lynn warehouse under the watchful ears of Bob Frisbee. Friends like Goldenhorse’s Geoff Maddock, The Brunettes’ John Parker, Ruby Suns’ Alistair Deverick and The Finance Company’s Tono would drop by with a bag of chips and a ginger beer.
Flash forward to August 2011, back for good and freed from the shackles of debauched luxury, Panther and the Zoo are finally ready to “achieve moderate success” themselves with what the band hope will be “a really good album” - ‘More Fun’ - released 29th August. The album is more of a full band affair than earlier Zoo recordings, capturing for the first time the full energy of their live show.
In celebration of such a long labour, Panther and the Zoo are heading off on a nationwide tour in September (don’t mention the rugby), taking in Dunedin’s ReFuel, The Brewery in Christchurch, Wellington’s Mighty Mighty and Auckland’s King’s Arms.
The album will be released in three formats: digital, CD, and t-shirt - all available at pantherandthezoo.com and at the shows.
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