Flying Nun Records

29/08/2025

Happy release day to PEARLY*! Leather Jacket Records and Pina Colada Records in collaboration with us at Flying Nun are thrilled debut offering from Ōtepoti/Dunedin band Pearly*, Not So Sweet now available digitally and on Exclusive “Flying Nun Black” vinyl LP, and glow-in-the-dark vinyl LP.

ORDER HERE: https://ffm.to/pearly-not-so-sweet

Their sound is largely guitar driven alt-rock with influences from Ōtepoti’s current noisy scene mixed in with its own tendencies, with songs full of contrasting space and simplicity with explosive pay-offs. Through growing word of mouth, the band have had a number of notable live performances and opening slots for Voom, Office Dog, and Twine, as well playing at the recent Junk Fest.

28/08/2025

“Pearly* are a bunch of “w**kers, except for Phaedra, she’s cool.”
- Nick Roughan, Skeptics
OUT TOMORROW!

27/08/2025

The Bats return with their third single of 2025, ‘The Gown’. With their 11th album, ‘Corner Coming Up’ on the horizon, the legendary indie rock band are giving us another taste of what’s to come.

‘The Gown’ is not typical Bats, but fits perfectly within the expansive world they have created, and Martin Sagadin’s beautiful video sympathetically represents the emotions and symphonic vibes expressed in the song.

Listen/watch/pre-order: https://ffm.to/the-bats-the-gown

Official video for 'The Gown' by The Bats.Directed, Filmed and Edited by Martin SagadinArt Department: Nick LowryAppearing: Paul Kean, Kaye Woodward, Annabel...

21/08/2025

TAKES OVER ALL 3 FLYING NUN STORES ACROSS THE MOTU ON SAT SEPT 6TH! CATCH LIVE IN-STORE AT FLYING NUN AUCKLAND AT 3PM, FREE ENTRY, ALL WELCOME! YOU ROCK WE ROLL

30/07/2025

OUT NOW: Pearly's cathartic title-track second single, ‘Not So Sweet’ navigates the feeling of realising a person is not always as good as they appear to be. While lyrics were written by a 17-year-old Phaedra, it sat for years until guitarist Joel put it to one of his proudest musical compositions, finally completing the song, giving the song the depth Pearly* felt it deserved.

LISTEN/WATCH/PRE-ORDER: https://ffm.to/pearl-not-so-sweet-single

Debut album of the same name ‘Not So Sweet’ is out August 29th via Leather Jacket Records and Pinacolada Soundsystem in collaboration with Flying Nun Records.

30/07/2025

Today, High-octane Aotearoa punks Dick Move stride back into 2025 with fierce new punk-rock battle cry ‘F**k It’. An uncompromising, strident anthem of self-determination delivered at pace - a flurry of fuzz and grit at just over 2 minutes in length - orchestrated to be played over again, and again.

https://ffm.to/dick-move-f**k-it

The red vinyl 7” will be available on the 22nd August via 1:12 Records and Flying Nun Records — and available at all good record stores!

Joining ‘F**k It’ on the limited edition 7” A-side, is the currently unreleased ‘Nurses’, and backed with ‘Shut Your Mouth’ [as arranged and performed by The Exploding Rainbow Orchestra]

📸 Frances Carter Photography
🎥 Stella Reid

Made with the support of NZ On Air Music

24/07/2025

Today, Tāmaki Makaurau four-piece Soft Bait release their sophomore album, Life Advice, out now via Flying Nun Records.

LISTEN/BUY: https://ffm.to/soft-bait-life-advice

Along with the release and announcement of a nationwide tour, Soft Bait also share a new music video for album focus-track and uneasy-anthem ‘Sooner’ where they trade speed for sway; steady, and suspicious. “Bring in the good news” sings front-man Joshua Hunter - a final manifestation in the face of collective unrest and collapse.

WATCH: https://youtu.be/ygrDMSCt0-E?si=PiR894Ee6PNRCXpT

Official music video for 'Sooner' by Soft Bait off their album, 'Life Advice' — out now Flying Nun Records.Director. DP. Editor: Caleb Corlett1st AC: Jack Bl...

16/07/2025

The Bats have announced their 11th full-length album, ‘Corner Coming Up’, out on October 17th via Flying Nun Records, and shared a new single/video ‘Lucky Day’, with a stunning, globe-trotting video by Marc Swadel.

🧡 NZ/AU: Peach or black vinyl and CD
💙 ROW: Sky blue or black vinyl and CD

PRE-ORDER: https://ffm.to/the-bats-corner-coming-up
WATCH/LISTEN: https://ffm.to/the-bats-lucky-day

10/07/2025

Available to pre-order now! Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly - by Craig Robertson - the book tells the story of one extraordinarily creative man’s journey from the obscurity of punk rock to the heart of New Zealand culture. Get it now!

The story of the man, the music, the art, the attitude. In the mid-1990s, the Village Voice described Chris Knox as ‘indie rock’s premier oddball singer songwriter’ and, when Knox suffered a stroke a decade later, music icons such as Yo La Tengo, Bill Callahan, Neil Finn and Shayne Carter all ...

09/07/2025

Congratulations to all artists that made this year’s Silver Scrolls shortlist! Special shoutout to our Flying Nun whānau, .belle for ‘Boudoir’, for ‘Only You’ and for ‘Cherry Pie’

See you in Ōtautahi baby!!

02/07/2025

Wake up babe, new Soft Bait just dropped!

Made with the support of NZ On Air Music
Director + Editing: Ryan Fielding ( )
Producers: Patrick Hickley & Ryan Fielding ( )
DOP: Ryan Fielding
Lighting Gaffer: Caleb Corlett ( )
Art Direction: Patrick Hickley
Prop design (VR headsets): Kristin Li ( )
CGI artist: Finn Johansson ( )
Title Design: Patrick Hickley
Extras: Thom Hinton, Sophie Elborough, Kylie Mckenzie, Finn Johansson
Thank you: Melissa Eagle, Whammy Bar, The Real Bread Project, Rassani Tolovaa, Josie Robison, Gabrielle Devereux

Official music video for 'Long Line' by Soft Bait off their upcoming album, 'Life Advice' — out via Flying Nun Records on 25th July.Director + Editing: Ryan ...