Young Moon Announce 'Orbiting Islands' Tour of Te Waipounamu South Island

The dream-pop / shoegaze project helmed by Trevor Montgomery (Tarantel, Lazarus), who hails from San Francisco and now ensconced in Whakatū / Nelson, Young Moon are reactivating for a seven headline date jaunt across Te Waipounamu / South Island from mid-August onwards. On tour following the recent release of their Paraverbal Orchids / Young Moon Is a Broken Bone double EP, Young Moon bassist Jason Cook ("king of adMOONistration") rightly frames these gigs as cutting through the machine-generated void of meaning foisted upon our music community by cynical AI technologists. Read Matt Hellriegel's (Big Scout) recent interview with Montgomery HERE and celebrate the irl joy of live music...

"In a world increasingly saturated with digital noise and the encroachment of AI into creative spaces, the line between the contrived and the authentic grows ever more blurred. With projects like the AI-generated band Velvet Sundown raising questions about the future of artistry and emotional truth in music, Young Moon’s “Orbiting Islands” Tour stands as a heartfelt antidote. Young Moon is excited to bring real, human connection back to the forefront—sharing the raw, unfiltered emotions that only live music can evoke. These performances are a celebration of presence, vulnerability, and the irreplaceable magic of being together in a room, under the same sky, with sound that’s born from lived experience—not algorithms."

Young Moon - Orbiting Islands Tour

Saturday 16th August - Framingham Winery, Blenheim
Saturday 30th August - The Dog's Bone, Nelson
Wednesday 24th September - Threes & Sevens Records, Invercargill
Thursday 25th September - Pearl Diver, Dunedin
Friday 26th September - Sherwood, Queenstown
Saturday 27th September - Space Academy, Christchurch
Sunday 28th September - Slam Club, Kaikoura

Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

Experience footage of Young Moon playing live at The Temple in Whakatū / Nelson...

Listen to Young Moon's 2025 Paraverbal Orchids / Young Moon Is a Broken Bone double EP...

Press releases:

Young Moon returns with a tour that celebrates the irreplaceable beauty of human connection. Following the release of their double E.P Paraverbal Orchids / Young Moon Is a Broken Bone, Young Moon are set to embark on a seven-date “Orbiting Islands” tour across the South Island of Aotearoa/New Zealand this August and September.