Tom Cunliffe Shares New Album 'Spit Out Your Gum' + On Tour This Week

Spit Out Your Gum is Aotearoa folk songwriter Tom Cunliffe's first new album in three years, laid down live-to-tape at Tāmaki Makarau's Roundhead Studios to capture the on-the-spot magic of his performances with instrumental collaborators Dave Khan and Cass Basil. Sporting nine fresh tunes from a recorded oeuvre spanning nearly a decade, Spit Out Your Gum gently roams from deeply felt contemplative strum to lush, pastoral exuberance — conjuring intimate, often hushed settings for Cunliffe's ever-flowing storytelling pen.

Tom Cunliffe has already hit the road in celebration of Spit Out Your Gum, he's joined forces with fellow traveler Ali Whitton for a four date tour which started last night in the capital. They're en route to Ōamaru's Grainstore Gallery tonight, Ōtautahi's Space Academy this Saturday, and have a show lined up with Reb Fountain at The Shelter in Lincoln on Sunday. Also playing at Auckland Folk Festival 2026 this summer, join Cunliffe with friends at the following dates...

"'Spit Out Your Gum' is out today! These are songs for shaking off the sitting around and getting out into the world. Seeing new things, meeting strange people, eating dodgy airport sausage rolls, playing folk songs in pirate bars by candle light, lying in the park scoffing pickled onion crisps, dancing on wobbly tables, playing guitar on rooftop mattresses and walking through the city after dark. They were a joy to live, a joy to record and they are a joy to play."

Tom Cunliffe and Ali Whitton

Friday 28th November - Grainstore Gallery, Ōamaru
Saturday 29th November - Space Academy, Christchurch
Sunday 30th November - The Shelter, Lincoln w/ Reb Fountain

Ōamaru & Christchurch tickets on sale HERE via UTR

'Spit Out Your Gum' is out today on major streaming platforms.