Mellow Grave, Glass Owls, Luckless, Bond St Bridge & More

A little bit epic: Luckless and Bond Street Bridge tour NZ.

Luckless and Bond Street Bridge are taking themselves on a pilgrimage around the country - an expedition bringing their sumptuous folk/rock music to audiences from Dunedin to Auckland.

They are joined by Mellow Grave, Glass Owls, The Broadsides, The Murderchord and Coach and more special guests to create a spectacular indie-extravaganza at Whammy and Wine.

Luckless are a self-described melancholic indie-rock duo, consisting of drummer Will Wood and guitarist and vocalist Ivy Rossiter. Drawing on influences as diverse as Portishead, PJ Harvey and Sparklehorse, the duo’s fiery combination of drums and distortion ebbs and swells with each carefully crafted song. Luckless sounds like an engine run on the thick oil of a kick drum in an empty hall, a wail of overdriven guitar and the howl of a thousand heartbreaks. Rossiter’s vocals trickle over walls of drums and guitar, yelping and sighing at turns.

Bond Street Bridge is the solo project of Sam Prebble, using loop pedals and tape echoes to build up layers of guitar, violin, beats and vocals to produce a hypnotic, compelling and original sound. Evocative lyrics and sonically lush instrumental arrangements make an eclectic live show which has secured Bond Street Bridge invitations to support New York art-pop duo The Books and the LA country-noir of the Willard Grant Conspiracy.

Tickets available from Undertheradar.

Luckless and Bond Street Bridge national tour dates:

18th November : The Wine Cellar/Whammy Bar, Auckland
19th November : The Leigh Sawmill, Leigh
23rd November : The Yot Club, Raglan
24th November : The Cabana, Napier
25th November : Happy, Wellington
26th November : The Star Tavern, Westport
27th November : Cook’s Saddle, Fox Glacier
29th November : Blue Ice Café, Franz Josef
30th November : Chick’s Hotel, Dunedin
1st December : The Penguin Club, Oamaru
2nd December : The Brewery, Christchurch
3rd December : Le Café, Picton