Te Whanganui-a-Tara based indie rockers Search For Yeti are hitting the road to take their new album 'Dark So Soon' around the country.

Drawing influences from indie rock, britpop, folk and new-wave with an emphasis on hooks and melodies, the album shows a diverse range which has been praised as “a brilliant debut” (Chris Philpott), “warm, expansive and guaranteed to elicit a genuine emotional reaction” (13th Floor), “the songs stick with you, dreamlike in their form” (music.net.nz), and “hard rock, indie rock, power pop, atmospheric, it comfortably straddles them all” (Elsewhere).

Search For Yeti are Luke Marlow (vocals/guitar), Vince Waide (guitar/bass/moog taurus/vocals), Sean Barker (drums, samples, vocals).

Joining the band for the Te Papa-i-Oea show are local shoegaze/slowcore four-piece Pining Radiata, and the electronic goodness of Just George.

Pining Radiata are a Manawatu-based alt-rock quartet delivering new songs from a recent recording session, as well as favourites from their 2024 EP 'Skin'. Distorted guitars, fuzzy keys and evocative lyricism ebb and flow throughout their live sets.

Just George is trying their best, making music along the way, a mix of samples and vocals smashed together with the best original garageband sounds.