Listen To Khaki Department's Debut Album 'Local Honey'

Laid down in a variety of "bedrooms and sheds across the Manawatū region", along with live sessions at Te Papaioea's iconic The Stomach, Khaki Department recently unfurled their debut album Local Honey and are now in the thick of a double release tour with fellow travellers Pining Radiata. The group delve deep into heavily textured, noisescape territory across ten diverse tracks — recalling to these ears the scorched beauty of Vortura-era Bailterspace on opener 'Fall Apart', embracing shoegaze / power-pop catchiness on lead single 'Active Relaxer', soaring avant-rock on 'Sunday Afternoon', gothic post-punk on 'Friday Night' and 'Saturday Morning', distorted heaviosity on 'Harmonicus' and 'Burning Bush', plus even snatches of lo-fi boogie on the plunderphonics-like 'MDC'.

The DIY origins of Local Honey lend the record a pleasingly organic "beamed in from another dimension" quality, sounds smooshing together like slathered oil paint. Enjoy the accompanying clip for 'Active Relaxer', depicting what I assume to be everyday outfits for partygoers in the Manawatū, and go catch them playing all around Aotearoa with friends this week...

Khaki Department + Pining Radiata Release Tour

Thursday 5th December - Valhalla, Wellington w/ Eyeline Breaker
Friday 6th December - Space Academy, Christchurch w/ Model Home, Carb On Carb
Saturday 7th December - Yours, Dunedin w/ U-No Juno

Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

'Local Honey' is out now on major streaming platforms.