Recitals Announce 'Orbit I' Album Release Tour

Sharing their seven strong membership between Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Recitals are rallying together for a nationwide tour in celebration of their newly released Flying Nun Records debut album Orbit I. Created by bandmates Xanthe Rook, Sam Curtiss, Olivia Wilding, Carla Camilleri, Josh Finegan, Christian Dimick and Tharushi Bowatte, we said on release Orbit I is "a multi-faceted gemstone of majestic, sometimes almost wildly cacophonous instrumental arrangements and lyrically vivid, heart-bursting songcraft". The musical collective will be joined on their journey by friends and fellow travellers including Model Home, Night Lunch, Dale Kerrigan, Randa, Womb, The Spectre Collective, Mystery Waitress and more, plus they'll be performing at Flying Nun's end of year wrap party Beautiful Things in the super city. Experience the amazingness at the following dates...

Recitals Tour 2022

Friday 18th November - Loons, Ōhinehou / Lyttleton w/ Model Home, Hannah Everingham
Saturday 19th November - The Crown, Ōtepoti / Dunedin w/ Night Lunch, Dale Kerrigan
Friday 25th November - Leigh Sawmill, Leigh w/ Randa
Saturday 26th November - Flying Nun’s Beautiful Things, Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland w/ Womb, Voom, Soft Bait, Jazmine Mary, Half Hexagon + more*
Friday 9th December - Vogelmorn Hall, Te Whanganui-A-Tara / Wellington w/ Womb, The Spectre Collective
Saturday 10th December - Snails, Papa-i-Oea / Palmerston North w/ Mystery Waitress, Bitch Whistle

Tickets available HERE via UTR
*Beautiful Things tickets available HERE via UTR

Experience the fantastical marionette visuals for ‘Gradient'...

Press release:

Recitals are hitting the road! Hot on the heels of their debut album Orbit I, the seven-piece will be hoisting their various instruments across the motu to tinker alongside some of their favourite musicians this November and December.

As well as visiting both of their home bases — Te Whanganui-A-Tara/Wellington (with support from Womb and Spectre Collective) and Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland (as part of Flying Nun’s mini festival, Beautiful Things) — Recitals will also making stops along the way in Leigh (with Randa) and Te Papa-i-Oea/Palmerston North (with Mystery Waitress and Bitch Whistle). They’ll also be taking their first group visit to the South Island, with shows in Ōhinehou/Lyttleton (with Hannah Everingham and Model Home) and Ōtepoti/Dunedin (with Night Lunch and Dale Kerrigan).