Rita Mae 'Superfeeling' EP Auckland Release Show Announced

Celebrating the launch of her forthcoming debut EP Superfeeling, Rita Mae will take to the stage at Tāmaki Makaurau’s Whammy Bar for a release event on the 5th of May. Emerging onto the local music scene in 2021 with her breakout debut track 'The Secret’s Out’, the Muriwai songwriter has since unfurled a string of singles, with recent weeks seeing the artist touring across Aotearoa as support for Gin Wigmore. Bringing together both previously released tunes and as yet unheard material on the EP, Rita Mae will unveil new song ‘Real Love’ on the 21st of April in anticipation of Superfeeling. Supported by Crystal Chen, snap up tickets below...

Rita Mae - EP Release Show
Friday 5th May - Whammy Bar, Auckland w/ Crystal Chen
Tickets available HERE via UTR

Watch the video for Rita Mae's 'Sunny Afternoon' featuring skinnyandsoft...

Listen to Rita Mae's latest single 'Night Drive'...

Press release:

 Rita Mae sold out her Night Drive single release show at Whammy’s Back Room in February and the Muriwai artist has been turning heads all over the past few months with her singles and live shows.

 The Superfeeling EP collects songs dating back to her first release, The Secret’s Out, through to new tracks Real Love, which drops as a single on April 21, and Someday.

 It also includes that lovesick showstopper, Night Drive, the anthemic Candy’s House and her skinnyandsoft collab Sunny Afternoon.

 Recent weeks have seen her on tour around Aotearoa supporting Gin Wigmore and she is opening for Broods at the end of this month.

 The daughter of local legend, the late Jim Laing (The Jean Paul Sartre Experience, Lanky), the 24 year-old had a crack at a career in neuroscience before acknowledging a relentless desire for escapism could be satiated by simply surrendering to it – and letting her insides spill out through songwriting and performance.

 Rita developed her own writing style, allying a unique feel for melody to her emotional lyricism. She littered songs across Soundcloud and played too many open mic nights to remember through her late teens.

 After a stint in Dunedin collecting that degree in neuroscience, she returned to Auckland to immerse herself in learning music production, searching for her sound in the all-encompassing genre of contemporary indie pop.

 Rita Mae delivers a blend of genres and feeling, emotional lyrics combined with alternative pop production, that will have you feeling everything all at once. For real.