Taite Music Prize: She's So Rad

Meet the Taite Music Prize finalists | She's So Rad

The seven finalists for the Taite Music Prize have been announced earlier this month, now it's time to get to know them better.

In today's video Jeremy Toy and Anji Sami from Auckland band She's so rad talk about their album In Circles.

The three-piece's sound has been described as 'warm clouds of distortion and feedback cloaking every sound and gorgeous hazy melodies that swirl around you like smoke'. Elements of shoegaze and 90's indie rock are clearly audibe. The band will head over to the UK soon to support Ladyhawke on her tour.

In its inaugural year in 2010 the Taite Music Prize was won by Lawrence Arabia for his album Chant Darling and Ladi 6 was awarded the prize for The Liberation Of... last year.

All Nominees:

Andrew Keoghan - Arctic Tales Divide (Brave Beluga Records)

Beastwars - Beastwars (Destroy Records)

David Dallas - The Rose Tint (Dirty Records)

She's So Rad - In Circles (Round Trip Mars)

The Bats - Free All Monsters (Flying Nun Records)

Tiny Ruins - Some Were Meant For The Sea (Spunk Records)

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Seeing Records)

Today: Auckland shoegazers: She's So Rad

Listen to She's So Rad's Circles

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