Raiden Freeman Announces 'Stay Sharp' Album Release Tour + Unveils Single / Video

Aotearoa underground enigma Raiden Freeman aka Jack Mells (The Scrussian) has a new album rolling out in mid-August via the champs at Prison Tapes, to be celebrated with a rare run of North Island launch events. Entitled Stay Sharp, the long player's latest single 'Low Self Esteem Is A Symptom Of Narcissism' has been revealed along with an accompanying cinematic creation filmed / collaged together by Mells — a visual commentary upon and counterpoint to the song's stylistically diverse yet always on-point musings. Raiden Freeman will be supported by friends and admirers including P.H.F., Ludus, Skymning, DJFK and more in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. We're keen to see how the record's release unfolds, as the artist candidly stated online: "my album rollout is very Kanye inspired i.e. I'm very obviously making it up as I go along".

Raiden Freeman Stay Sharp album release tour

Friday 10th September - Whammy Backroom, Auckland w/ Annabel Lee, P.H.F., Skymning, DJFK
Friday 24th September - The Stomach, Palmerston North w/ Synthetic Children, Ludus, Skymning, DJFK
Saturday 2nd October - Moon, Wellington w/ Bodyache, The Hectet, Skymning, DJFK

Tickets available HERE via UTR

Press release:

Wellington's Jack Mells latest collection of eclectic music has crystallised in the form of an album, named Stay Sharp, set to release on August 18th 2021. In celebration of this event, he will be touring the North Island.