Interviews and live sets from the New Zealand music underground. This week, we catch Auckland band New Gum Sarn.
Auckland four-piece New Gum Sarn have hit a rich vein with their debut album New Gold Mountain building some well-deserved hype around the band’s thoughtfully crafted indie rock tunes.
Formed by high-school friends Oscar Dowling and Durham Fenwick, New Gum Sarn is rounded out by Dave Weir on bass and Sophia Lawler Dormer behind the drums.
Describing their sound as “post-rock”, New Gum Sarn’s catchy hooks and introspective lyrics bring to mind the music of Lou Reed and Television.
Oscar says: “It’s mine and Durham’s first band and I guess you write a lot of songs in your teenage years so it’s good to finally get to use them.”
Video shot by John Lake and Jonathan Shirley.
Edited by John Lake.
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