Looking For Alaska and In The Shallows Spring Tour Announced

Aotearoa songwriting duos Looking For Alaska and In The Shallows are teaming up for an extensive spring tour of our beautiful nation, performing together from mid-August all the way up to 5th November. The country / soul / folk project of Kirikiriroa's Aaron Gott and Amy Maynard, Looking For Alaska's self-titled debut record earned them a finalist placing for the 2017 Auckland Live Best Independent Debut Album award, with last year seeing the launch of new long player Light and Shadow. Kapiti-based duo In The Shallows, aka Danni Parsons and Lance Shepherd, haven't stopped creating since unveiling their self-titled 2020 debut album, releasing in 2021 their anti-conflict anthem 'Let's Not Start A War' and the sunny melodies of December's 'There You Are'. Lovers of local songcraft certainly won't have far to travel to catch this intimate double-headline pairing, travelling to a venue near you this spring...

Looking For Alaska and In The Shallows - 2022 Spring Tour

Thursday 18th August - The Storehouse, Taupo
Friday 19th August - Paisley Stage, Napier
Saturday 20th August - Hokowhitu Bowling Club, Palmerston North
Sunday 21st August - Ohau Community Hall, Levin
Thursday 8th September - Moon, Wellington
Friday 9th September - Whanganui Musicians Club, Whanganui
Saturday 10th September - 4th Wall Theatre, New Plymouth
Thursday 22nd September - The Wine Cellar, Auckland
Friday 23rd September - Jam Factory, Tauranga
Thursday 3rd November - Le Cafe, Picton
Friday 4th November - Room Twenty5, Nelson
Saturday 5th November - Mussel Inn, Tākaka

Tickets available at www.lookingforalaska.co.nz/gigs and intheshallowsband.com/tourdates

Take in the panoramic vistas of 'There You Are' by In The Shallows...

Press release:

Hamilton duo Looking For Alaska and Wellington duo In The Shallows are excited to announce that they will be joining forces for a 2022 spring tour!

Two accomplished groups in their own right, they will be taking to the road together from August - November to visit some of their favourite venues around the country and share their songs and stories, joined by a full band at their Auckland and Wellington shows.

Looking For Alaska are a duo from Hamilton, New Zealand. Drawing from a diverse range of country, soul, folk and Maōri influences, Aaron and Amy perform hard hitting original music, their songs inspired by their life and travels; complete with exquisite harmonies and acoustic guitar that both whispers and roars. The duo's familiarity, closeness and authenticity is fuelled by their real-life romance, creating a magnetic performance style that captivates their audience time and time again, and has seen them open for the likes of Fly My Pretties, Herbs and Tiny Ruins, and perform all around NZ and the world.

In The Shallows are a Kapiti based Indie-Pop band offering up an exquisitely silken sound that weaves together soaring harmonies, mesmerising vocals with a ‘velvety and gentle timbre’, acoustic guitars with relatable and introspective lyrics about intricate tales of love, loss, connection, redemption and empowerment. Their debut album and many of their latest singles have received glowing 5* reviews and they were voted into the 'Top 10 Live shows of 2021' list by Kev Rowland of Muzic.net.nz.