With touring plans curtailed in 2021, Reb Fountain welcomes the opportunity to bring IRIS to life with her band in 2022.
Reb shares, “After releasing IRIS in October 2021 we were all set to tour the album and like so many of our musical peers, plans got curtailed then cancelled. I’m so excited to share with you that we’re bringing IRIS on the road - for real, it’s happening, let’s go. Dave, Karin, Earl and I can’t wait to play for you, to do the work we love and to share our record, finally! These shows have been a long time coming and we’re all grateful for your patience and perseverance, we promise to bring you’ve everything we’ve got - see you real soon xxx reb”
Reb will be joined on the IRIS tour* by Tāmaki Makaurau Neo-Folk Artist Jazmine Mary (*All shows except Auckland's Elemental Nights).
Says Reb on Jazmine Mary, “I admire Jazmine Mary’s work and am honoured that they’ll be joining us on our tour. I’m looking forward to introducing them to our audiences“
Reb and band have been astounding audiences around the country since the release of her criticality acclaimed, award-winning 2020 eponymous album. Renowned for her spellbinding live performances, Reb’s IRIS tour is a show you don’t want to miss.
Book your passage, and join Reb Fountain and band for these exclusive performances, premiering her highly anticipated new album IRIS along with other favourite material.
Reb Fountain returns with a brand new music video, ‘Fisherman’, taken from her critically acclaimed 2021 album IRIS. Inspired by Andy Warhol’s screen tests, Reb Fountain’s 'Fisherman' is directed by Lola Fountain-Best and shot on super 8 film at Reb’s home. Thanks to Creative New Zealand and Made with the support of NZ on Air
Says Reb of the video, “The audition tape offers an odd glimpse of ‘self’; an eery disquiet where it’s unclear whether seeing really is believing. We love working with super 8 and conceptually the ‘screen test’ gave us a chance to explore the many voices in Fisherman.”
In October 2021, Reb Fountain released IRIS, her sophomore album via Flying Nun Records, to critical acclaim. Martin Aston from MOJO magazine called Reb "New Zealand's next alt-folk sensation", awarding IRIS 4 stars while New Zealand's Metro Magazine enthused "The album is compulsively listenable, integrating both deft lightness and a darkness freighted with complexity and experimentation."
On release, IRIS debuted at #1 on the New Zealand Album Charts and #3 on the New Zealand Top 40 Album Charts.
A perfect extension of her 2020 self-titled album, IRIS elevates Reb Fountain’s music to new heights. Here, Reb effortlessly combines pop elements with her trademark noir folk-punk sound, weaving authentic and anthemic tunes that create an instant and indelible impression.
"Her new album, Iris, is full of understated and beautiful melodies" - Graham Reid, New Zealand Listener.
"From the moment you press play, it (IRIS) envelops you." — Karl Pushmann, VIVA New Zealand Herald.
Her 2020 album Reb Fountain won the 2021 Taite Music Prize, was shortlisted for the Silver Scroll award for her song ‘Don’t You Know Who I Am', and the album Reb Fountain was nominated for five New Zealand Music Awards; Album of the Year, Best Alternative, Best Solo Artist, Best Album Artwork and Best Engineer. IRIS is nominated for a 2022 Taite Music Prize.
The award-winning songwriter, Reb Fountain, is a consummate recording artist and performer; spell-bounding audiences with her music and artistry alike. Throughout 2020, Reb and her all-star band astounded audiences around the country on her sold-out album release tour, joined Crowded House on their 13 date, ‘To The Island Tour’, performed at Splore, honoured the great Nick Cave at the sold-out Auckland Town Hall show, ‘The Boy Next Door', and knocked it out of the park at the Flying Nun 40th Anniversary gala.
Reb Fountain is a star of our Aotearoa music scene.
Reb was born in San Francisco and immigrated with her family from North America to Lyttelton — the quiet port town out of Christchurch that’s been fundamental to New Zealand’s alt-folk scene, raising artists like Marlon Williams, Aldous Harding, and Delaney Davidson.
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