Geneva AM Unveils Single 'Urban Planning' + Announces Debut Album 'Pikipiki'

Those with their ear to the ground may already know the debut album from Geneva AM aka Geneva Alexander-Marsters (Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Aitutaki, Palmerston) will be out soon, but now everyone can look forward to the official release of Pikipiki both on vinyl LP and digital on 15th August. The SRN award-winning songwriter / producer elevates our Friday with her first single release of 2025 'Urban Planning', a moving dance-pop reflection on indigenous dispossession sung in both te reo Māori and English — buoyed along by crisp drum programming, crystalline synths, and the knowledge "I got my Tipuna with me".

Geneva AM has a busy Matariki weekend planned for Tāmaki Makaurau, hosting a pair of album preview events, performing on the stellar bill for Matariki Rising at Whammy Bar, and boosting it up the highway to Leigh Sawmill to present Hākari Kanikani — "a Matariki New Years dance party featuring a Mana Wahine lineup with DJs" — with Halfqueen, Kaiviti, AJ Honeysuckle, and IBSXC. Experience 'Urban Planning' below and get amongst...

"This waiata is about never really being lost because everything around us has been touched by our tipuna in one way or another — now in our lifetime we get to stitch together uncovered mysteries to further our understanding of the true history of Aotearoa".

Geneva AM

Thursday 19th June - Goblin Bar, Auckland, album preview with Ngā Whetu Ensemble, AJ Honeysuckle*
Friday 20th June - Artspace Aotearoa, Auckland, album listening party
Friday 20th June - Whammy Bar, Matariki Rising with Mara TK, Christoph El Turento, Sezzo, Dylan Biscuit, AJ Honeysuckle
Saturday 21st June - Leigh Sawmill Cafe, Hākari Kanikani with Halfqueen, Kaiviti, AJ Honeysuckle, IBSXC*
Friday 27th June - Auckland Museum with Che Fu & The Kratez, LEAO

*Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

'Urban Planning' is out today on major streaming platforms.