Alphabethead, DISPLEASURE & BIRDPARTY Aotearoa Tour 2025 Announced

A lineup so wow-inducing I nearly spilled my coffee, a mega-talented trifecta of Whanganui acts are uniting to show the rest of Aotearoa what's up. Champion turntablist / sampledelic production master Alphabethead aka David Morrison (also of Bad Taste) will be touring his forthcoming album My Name Is David nationwide with none other than synth-agit-punks DISPLEASURE (sharing the same membership as Unsanitary Napkin) — touring their new album Billionaire Death Drive — and avant-electronic heavyweight duo BIRDPARTY, all absolutely smashing artists live and on record.

Amplifying the thrill-power to blown-out levels is Alphabethead's brand new single 'Finger Dance'. Dropping doomy slabs of growling bass, explosive reverberated percussion and suspenseful turntablist tone-play (explained by the artist below), the track is sure to move crowds this December in Ōtepoti Dunedin, Ōtautahi Christchurch, Tākaka, Kirikiriroa Hamilton, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington and Whanganui. A three act snapshot of Aotearoa's vibrant sonic underground, go catch Alphabethead, DISPLEASURE and BIRDPARTY together at the following dates, plus be sure to preorder My Name Is David (out in full 31st October via Sunreturn) on cassette / cop the artist's snazzy merch direct from the source HERE...

"I hope the 'Finger Dance' evokes imagery of an 'omnipresent' puppet master observing and guiding all things. My intent was to conjure a soundworld that feels rigid and oppressive; but leaves small cracks through which flourishes of freedom and improvisation emerge. For ages the song was just that super repetitive, walking bassline. I looped it for hours, totally zoning out on edibles — as I listened my mind flooded with imagery of puppetry and colossal fingers above in the clouds.

One of the techniques of Turntablism is called tone-play where long notes are contorted into melodies through speeding up or slowing down the turntable. I adore this style and really wanted to document it on My Name Is David. That wild warbling synth solo is actually a turntable fed through a distortion and tremolo pedals.

The song concludes with one of my favourite pieces of sound design on the album; a synthesized space gong! In my mind this big bong is a big bang; but in reverse; ending all life in the cosmos rather than setting it in motion." - Alphabethead

Alphabethead, DISPLEASURE & BIRDPARTY Aotearoa Tour 2025

Friday 5th December - Pearl Diver, Ōtepoti Dunedin*
Saturday 6th December - Lyttelton Coffee Company, Ōtautahi Christchurch*
Sunday 7th December - Roots Bar, Tākaka (no BIRDPARTY)*
Friday 12th December - Last Place, Kirikiriroa Hamilton*
Saturday 13th December - Audio Foundation, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland*
Friday 19th December - Meow, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Saturday 20th December - Porridge Watson, Whanganui*

*Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

Thrash out to DISPLEASURE's very timely 2025 anti-genocide protest anthem 'Cowards', produced by Alphabethead...

Listen up to 'Motion Safety' from BIRDPARTY's self-titled 2024 debut album...

'Finger Dance' is out today on major streaming platforms via Sunreturn.