Michael Llewellyn & The Darlings Announce Album Release Tour

Rising Te Whanganui a Tara songwriter Michael Llewellyn shared his reflective latest single 'Time It Ain't Easy' last Friday, surely summing up the feelings of many Aotearoa listeners grappling with the current time-dilating effects of alert Levels 3 and 4. Llewellyn's new album Oh My Darling will be launching this October and as a cherry on top he's announced a celebratory tour of Te Ika a Maui — spreading the good word with backing band the Darlings and joined for all events by fellow Wellingtonian Violet Hirst. Tāmaki's Mini Simmons will bring their signature rock swagger to the super city shows too, mark these dates in your digital diary...

Michael Llewellyn & The Darlings
supported for all dates by Violet Hirst

Saturday 30th October - Meow, Wellington
Friday 5th November - Leigh Sawmill Cafe, Leigh w/ Mini Simmons*
Saturday 6th November - Whammy Backroom, Auckland w/ Mini Simmons*
Thursday 11th November - Ahu Ahu Beach Villas, Oakura*
Friday 12th November - Common Room, Hastings*
Saturday 13th November - Dome Cinema, Gisborne w/ Seaver*

*Tickets available HERE via UTR

Watch the "dad cam" video for Michael Llewellyn's new single 'Time It Ain't Easy'...

Listen To Violet Hirst's Ready​/​Still EP from 2020...

Press release:

Soft and raspy, poetic and bouncy, 'Michael Llewellyn,' with his backing band the 'Darlings', are a Wellington-based band contrived primarily from butterscotch and smoke.

Inspired by the likes of Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen his music is vulnerable and honest. Carried by an infectious groove, crunchy guitars and gritty vocals, Michael Llewellyn along with his five piece backing band packs a punch.