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French for Rabbits coming to town

Shauni James
By Shauni James
Rotorua Weekender reporter·Rotorua Daily Post·
19 Mar, 2017 11:31 PM2 mins to read

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SHOW: Brooke Singer and John Fitzgerald from French For Rabbits. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

SHOW: Brooke Singer and John Fitzgerald from French For Rabbits. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

French for Rabbits will bring their ethereal sound to Rotorua as part of a natiowide tour.

The New Zealand pop band have announced their second album The Weight of Melted Snow will be released on March 10.

To celebrate the release they are embarking on a nationwide tour, playing in Rotorua on April 8 at The Stand, Rotorua Racecourse.

Member Brooke Singer said on this tour the band would visit places they had never performed before.

They had performed with Fraser Ross in Rotorua last year, she said.

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She said she liked playing in Rotorua because of the audience and the vibe was always interesting.

Singer said she thought the show would be a lovely experience as they would have their full band and created quite an ethereal sound.

Secret Knives from Wellington is the support band, along with Australian duo This Way North.

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French for Rabbits had been working on their second album for about two and a half years, Singer said.

To introduce the album, they are sharing "One and Only" - a soliloquy to a changing relationship, written in a moment of realisation at the transitory nature of life.

When Singer (songwriter, pianist) and John Fitzgerald (guitarist) ended their personal relationship, they decided to keep writing music together.

The resulting album is intimate and confessional, and is ultimately about breaking free and letting go.

French for Rabbits formed in 2011, when Singer and Fitzgerald began writing and recording lo-fi demos of ambient dream-folk in the small coastal township of Waikuku Beach.

Now Wellington-based, they are joined by drummer Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa (Glass Vaults), multi-instrumentalists Ben Lemi (Trinity Roots) and Penelope Esplin.

The band's previous recordings include Spirits (2014) released on Lefse Records, and six song EP Claimed by the Sea (2012).

The band will take their new album on tour throughout New Zealand, Australia and Europe in 2017.

Tickets are on sale at www.undertheradar.co.nz.

For more information on French for Rabbits visit www.frenchforrabbits.com.

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