Babe Martin Shares Debut Single 'Knocked For Six In BHX'

Arriving at the tail end of NZ Music Month with the biggest local splash since D.C. Maxwell, Tāmaki Makaurau's Babe Martin follows a winning run of live appearances with her first official single 'Knocked For Six In BHX'. The solo songwriting project of recent 95bFM Breakfast producer Zoë Larsen Cumming, the artist's cryptically titled ballad reflects on an early life spent in transit (BHX refers to Birmingham Airport), conjuring interstitial airport feelings — not so much 'music for airports' as 'music via airports' — through elegant, Badalamenti-esque arrangements of keyboard and cello, foregrounding Babe Martin's stunning vocal talents. Created under the tutelage of Jazmine Mary as a part of the NZ On Air Music’s New Music Development programme, Babe Martin is celebrating with a joint single release event at Nice Goblins HQ with fellow Sunreturn labelmates K M T P (who have new tunes on the way), setting the scene for the launch of her three song The Versoix EP on 7th September. Here's the lowdown from Babe Martin...

“At its core it’s about living apart from people that you love and the inevitable goodbye after a catch up. It’s about family, airports, and old feelings you’ve not felt in a while sneaking up on you when you least expect. Growing up I travelled back and forth between Ngunnawal Country (Canberra, Australia) and Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (Auckland, New Zealand), so there were lots of goodbyes and hellos. ‘Knocked For Six in BHX’ describes having that airport feeling I had as a child sneak up on me as an adult.

Jazmine is incredible to work with. I’d drive out to their little blue house on the coast in Parau every Wednesday afternoon, offer them a Crunchy Bar that they would politely decline, I’d eat said Crunchy Bar, and then we’d make music. I trust them and their own creative style absolutely and having their guidance on these songs really helped them materialise into what they’re meant to be”.

Babe Martin / K M T P - Single Release
Saturday 24th June - Nice Goblins HQ (220A Dominion Road), Auckland
Tickets available HERE via UTR

'Knocked For Six In BHX' is out today on major streaming platforms via Sunreturn.