[{"id":400792682734,"handle":"cds","updated_at":"2024-08-07T14:50:08+10:00","published_at":"2022-02-21T19:43:15+11:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"web","title":"CD's","body_html":""},{"id":419935617262,"handle":"dartz","updated_at":"2023-12-02T08:47:01+11:00","published_at":"2023-12-02T08:37:22+11:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"web","title":"DARTZ","body_html":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDARTZ is the band from Wellington, New Zealand. Formed in 2019, DARTZ ignited into being after singer Danz talked his way into an opening slot for Aussie rockers The Chats before realising he might need a band (and songs). Quickly assembling in a Wellington flat, the rabble-rousing quartet started to fire out their unique brand of snappy and intelligent party punk tunes, with influences rooted in the boozy anthemic Kiwi pub rock of yesteryear as well as modern punk freneticism and landlord-induced anxieties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThree years on, the DARTZ boys have carved out their own lane in Aotearoa's music scene, with a diehard nationwide fanbase enamoured by their high-energy and rark-heavy live set, forceful singalong choruses, and razor-sharp lyrics which tackle everything from challenging colonisers to a fistfight in '\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 Outs Captain Cook'\u003c\/em\u003e, to a drug safety PSA for festival-goers in '\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBathsalts'\u003c\/em\u003e, to ridiculing the moneymania of megachurch pastors in '\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePray for Prey'\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDescribed as New Zealand's \"politically aware class clowns with a reputation for bringing the party wherever they appear\" in a recent article naming them one of the country's 10 future music stars to watch, DARTZ are Crispy on guitar, Clark on bass, Rollyz on drums and Danz on the shouts.\u003c\/div\u003e","image":{"created_at":"2023-12-02T08:37:21+11:00","alt":null,"width":2000,"height":1333,"src":"\/\/flyingnunaustralia.com\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/Dartz.jpg?v=1701466642"}},{"id":399999205614,"handle":"flying-nun-records","updated_at":"2025-01-11T15:23:32+11:00","published_at":"2022-02-08T16:04:47+11:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"web","title":"Flying Nun Records","body_html":"","image":{"created_at":"2022-02-08T16:04:46+11:00","alt":null,"width":300,"height":300,"src":"\/\/flyingnunaustralia.com\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/L-20365-1498236818-5866.jpg?v=1644296686"}},{"id":400792649966,"handle":"vinyl","updated_at":"2024-08-27T12:25:16+10:00","published_at":"2022-02-21T19:43:05+11:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"web","title":"Vinyl","body_html":""}]
The Wellington Sound has arrived, and it isDARTZ. The party-punk foursome have recorded a collection of their fan favourite songs; their debut album titledThe Band from Wellington, New Zealand. Their upcoming album is to be released digitally, on CD, and on vinyl viaFlyingNunRecordson the 4th of November 2022.
DARTZare guitaristCrispy, bassistClarkMathews, drummerRollyz, and vocalistDanz. The four-piece, established in 2019 in New Zealand’s windy capital city, are a whirlwind of irrepressible personality who have quickly cemented themselves as one of Aotearoa’s fastest up-and-coming rock acts, having spent the past three years putting the foot to the pedal and building a diehard army of fans across the country.
After the award forFavourite Groupat the inaugural NZStudentRadioNetworkAwardsgave theDARTZboys two free days of recording time at Auckland’sRoundheadStudios, the ciggy-chomping crew made their way up the country in early 2022 to embark on a Lion Brown-fuelled weekend of recording that saw them re-record eight of their fans’ favouriteDARTZhits, as well as lay down to tape two previously unrecorded songs that are similarly beloved by their live audience.
The result of that weekend isThe Band from Wellington, New Zealand: a 26-minute showcase ofDARTZ’sparty-starting live energy; specifically recorded, mixed and mastered to deliver the elusive feeling and sound of experiencing the band in person. While many of the band’s previous recordings were whirlwind bedroom efforts that saw songs written and recorded within a matter of days if not hours,TBFWNZisDARTZat the peak of their performative powers.
The Band from Wellington, New Zealandwill be released on 4th November viaFlyingNunRecords, kicking off what one can only assume will be the greatest Kiwi summer in history, underscored by many a Lion Brown in the sun and a range of as-yet-unplannedDARTZhijinks and schemes.
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