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British indie-folk band Good Habits will include a gig at the Whangateau Hall as part of their first international tour next month.
Good Habits is fronted by singer and cellist Bonnie Shwarz and violinist Lydia Taylor. They are joined by Pete Shaw, who plays cajon and accordion, and Benjamin Marrington-Reeve on bass.
The band specialises in what it calls “immersive multimedia gigs and projects”.
Bonnie says for the Whangateau show the band will be performing Child – a biographical piece about Zoe’s mother, the blues singer Zoe Schwarz.
Child will comprise a set of songs documenting Zoe’s life with pre-recorded speech and some re-purposing of Zoe’s music.
“The electro-acoustic blend of live performance with pre-mixed material, focuses on the intimacy of music and how it can tell stories, whilst creating a fuller sound beyond the instruments,” Bonnie says.
Bonnie is an award-winning composer and sound designer.
Pete recently received the Yiddish New York Performance Scholarship and has been training with the world-renowned klezmer musician Sir Frank London.
His influences come from a variety of folk styles and he has performed around Europe and in the United States.
The musicians that make up Good Habits met while studying in Manchester and began playing together at an open mic night at a local pub.
They recently released their debut EP on iTunes and Spotify, Patient World.
Good Habits play at the Whangateau Hall on Monday, January 13, at 7pm. Tickets eventfinda.co.nz
