Anthonie Tonnon - Leave Love Out Of This Album Release Tour

Anthonie Tonnon has released ‘Leave Love Out Of This’, the title track from his upcoming third album Leave Love Out Of This. A nationwide album release tour featuring a full band has also been announced.

Having more recently focussed on delivering thematic solo shows like A Synthesized Universe and his yearly Rail Land journeys, this Spring Tonnon embarks on an album release tour that expands his onstage line-up to include a full band for the first time since 2018.

The band features Stuart Harwood on hybrid electric/acoustic drums, David Flyger on bass guitar/synthesised bass, Brooke Singer (French for Rabbits) on synthesisers and samples, and Sam Taylor (Nadia Reid) on electric guitars and percussion.

Tonnon describes the show as, “A celebration and culmination of what we’ve developed through the album process, and through the A Synthesized Universe and Rail Land shows. Like the album, it will be a meeting place between organic and synthesised sound, but it will also be a very physical show. All the electronic drumbeats and sampled parts will have humans playing them on stage, on large surfaces, so we’re often playing with drumsticks and whole hands, rather than just fingers.”

Anthonie Tonnon - The Leave Love Out Of This Tour with full live band

Fri May 6, Loons, Christchurch with Emily Fairlight
Sat, May 7, Port Chalmers Town Hall, Dunedin with Emily Fairlight (early show added)
Sat, May 14, Hollywood Avondale, Auckland with Lips
Fri, May 20 , San Fran, Wellington with shannengeorgiapetersen
Sat, May 21, Royal Opera House, Whanganui with Castlecliff Lights

Leave Love Out Of This will be released on Friday 16 July on Nadia Reid’s label Slow Time Records (UK/EU/NZ), Misra Records (North America), and Flippin Yeah Records (AUS). The album is available to pre-order now via anthonietonnon.com, slowtimerecords.com and all good record stores. It will be available on vinyl, CD, and as a green vinyl Deluxe Edition LP, with a bonus 7” record.