Recently named ‘Best Alternative Artist’ at the 2022 Aotearoa Music Awards, Wellington-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Vera Ellen has announced her upcoming album, Ideal Home Noise, which is out digitally and on both red or black vinyl and CD on Friday March 31st, 2023 via Flying Nun Records.
Vera and her full band take to the road on album release day for a four-date tour of Aotearoa, playing headline shows in Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Celebrating her magnificent new album, along with your favourites from It’s Your Birthday.
Ideal Home Noise NZ Tour Dates
31 March - Dive, Dunedin with Riot Gull
1 April - Wunderbar, Christchurch with Pickle Darling (solo)
14 April - Whammy, Auckland with Wellness
15 April - San Fran, Wellington with Rachel Andie
Ideal Home Noise is a record unearthed from much introspection and an attempt to find some comedy and lightness in an otherwise dark period for Vera Ellen. With two voices” battling throughout the album, the instrumentation is sometimes light — featuring synths and electronic drums — and sometimes heavy — with ballad-like piano and raw vocals.
Totally in-keeping with her label Flying Nun’s
famous output - Loud & Quiet Magazine
Vera Ellen continues to leave my jaw dropped with her delicate balance
between the bleak and the beautiful - Annabel Kean, Undertheradar
Tickets are on sale now!
