Delaney Davidson & Barry Saunders Unveil Single / Video 'Yeah Yeah Yeah' + New Tour Dates

Today’s headline is as straightforward as can be, so there’s no need to be afraid. ‘​​Yeah Yeah Yeah’ is the new single from Delaney Davidson and Barry Saunders’ forthcoming second collaborative album Happiness Is Near, following up 2019's Best Country Artist award-winning Word Gets Around. Sung primarily by Davidson with Saunders on backing vox, 'Yeah Yeah Yeah' critiques ways the media industry has historically and continually caused moral panic and a lingering feeling of helplessness. Created by Davidson, the video stitches together a whole bunch of damning mushroom clouds among other found footage, cosmic images from NASA and the two artists wafting burning leaves about the woods — as if they are creating a smoke screen. The repetitive but building guitar and drums, and the endless “yeahs” of the song started to remind me of the Hypodermic Needle Model: an outdated theory that suggests that consumers of media are equally impressionable. Such songwriting craft from Davidson and Saunders continues to impress.

The legendary Canterbury duo start their release tour on 27th September, the same day Happiness Is Near is out in full. Tāmaki Makaurau dates sold out in a snap, and they've have just announced two more shows in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and Lincoln! Hope is again on the horizon...

"An unsolveable mountain of terror and problems, whipped up by the media in an age where there should be very tangible solutions. Using newspaper headlines and pamphlet titles that are at least 50 years old we see the patterns of propaganda and how the things we were being told then we are still being controlled with now". - Delaney Davidson

"I can’t work out if the world is changing or I am just standing still? In some ways the more things change the more they stay the same, I think people’s needs are the same, you can have the world you want, don’t have to join anyone’s circus". - Barry Saunders

Delaney Davidson And Barry Saunders - Happiness Is Near Tour

Friday 27th September - Hawkes Bay Small Halls Sessions*
Saturday 28th September - Hawkes Bay Small Halls Sessions*
Sunday 29th September - Hawkes Bay Small Halls Sessions*
Saturday 12th October - Leigh Sawmill Cafe, Õmaha / Leigh
Sunday 13th October - Freida Margolis, Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland [sold out]
Monday 14th October - Freida Margolis, Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland [sold out]
Tuesday 22nd October - Suite Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington [sold out]
Wednesday 23rd October - Suite Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington [sold out]
Thursday 24th October - Suite Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington [NEW DATE]
Sundary 3rd November - The Shelter, Lincoln* [NEW DATE]

Auckland, Wellington and Leigh tickets on sale HERE via UTR
*Tickets available at www.delaneydavidson.com

'Yeah Yeah Yeah' is out today on major streaming platforms. 'Happiness Is Near' is out on Friday 27th September, preorder on vinyl LP and compact disc HERE.