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The platinum-selling trio have become renowned for their eclectic and expansive sound, incorporating reggae, roots and psychedelic rock, through to jazz and blues.
The Wellington-based band went on a five-year hiatus in 2005, but reformed in 2010.
This will be their first complete nationwide tour since reforming.
The new album, Citizen, has been receiving rave reviews. Trinity Roots bass player Rio Hemopo says it symbolises the progress of the band.
“It contains 10 years worth of influences that we’ve absorbed since the last album,” Rio says. “It’s a real journey, which has become our signature sound.”
During the five-year break, Rio has been playing and recording with Fat Freddy’s Drop and Breaks Co-op and has released a solo EP. He has also been a tutor for the Red Bull Music Academy, where a selection of 30 musicians from around the world meet to collaborate and learn from one another.
While singer/guitarist Warren Maxwell has been focusing on his blues-rock group, Little Bushmen.
Trinity Roots recently held a sell-out show in London and is looking to tour Europe later in the year, but the band is looking forward to returning to Leigh this month.
“We first played the Sawmill when it was just starting. It’s been a favourite of ours for a long time,” Rio says. “A lot of the small towns get bypassed. We’d like to get to more of them. We are thinking of planning a tour of smaller town halls this summer.”
Ed Zucollo will fill out the bands sound on keyboard and Rio says there might be a special cameo for the Sawmill show.
