Flying Nun Records

20/11/2025

SURPRISE! Out today is a musical match from above, Shayne Carter and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. REforms is a retrospective of Carter’s songs (with one new composition) orchestrated with Tane Upjohn-Beatson and recorded with the NZSO.

The album originated from Carter’s collaborative concerts with the NZSO, where he curated a programme of his favourite classical works for the first half and then played a selection of his own songs with the orchestra for the second. That concert was itself the result of his intensive exploration of classical music leading up to his 2016 album Offsider, made up of piano-based songs, all written as he learnt the instrument from scratch.

The heft and glory of the NZSO collides with the Shayne Carter songbook. Ten tracks ‘reformed’ in orchestral technicolour while maintaining the integrity of the originals. Classic songs like Randolph’s Going Home and If I Were You spar with new numbers like Left To Defend. Guitar and orchestra...

13/11/2025

Aotearoa and Australia! Dick Move are coming to a town near you 😘 help them celebrate their new album by buying a ticket:

https://linktr.ee/dick_move_dick_pics

13/11/2025

Aotearoa punks third studio album ‘Dream, Believe, Achieve’ is out now.

https://ffm.to/dick-move-dream-believe-achieve 💪🏽

12/11/2025

Lochlan Lewis at The 13th Floor got their hands on an advanced copy of Dick Move's upcoming album and have shared their thoughts in this detailed review. The rest of you will have to wait until Friday I guess!

Dick Move's third album 'Dream, Believe, Achieve' is out digitally, on CD and on vinyl this Friday 14th November and available at all good record stores.

"It’s a political essay, a poem of anger and outrage, but also of experience and cruelty that the lyrics perfectly lay out. But even though this album is filled with pessimism and distortion, there’s also a lot of love for the people, places and attitudes that shape the scenes we find ourselves coming back to..."

Unfiltered, Explosive, Political, Punk. Dick Move's latest album Dream, Believe, Achieve, is a giant f**k you to the current political climate in Aotearoa and

31/10/2025

Over 200 tapes from the Flying Nun and the Chris Knox collections have now been digitised and are available to listen to in the Wellington National Library reading room. Ever wondered about how multitracki tapes works? Now you can learn all about it. In fact, of the 1,600 recordings in the Flying Nun and Chris Knox archival collections at the Turnbull Library, just over a quarter are multitrack tapes. we'll leave the explaining to Michael Brown, the expert, read all about it here https://natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/flying-nun-on-multitrack

18/10/2025

The Bats live instore at Flying Nun Chch launching new album Corner Coming Up!
Photographs by

17/10/2025

A friendly reminder that The Bats are playing live at the Christchurch shop tonight! WOWZERS!

6pm at Flying Nun Christchurch, 143 Tuam St.

Free entry, all welcome!

16/10/2025

Happy ELEVENTH album release day to our long time whānau members The Bats. ‘Corner Coming Up’ is out on most streaming platforms, , and physically today (October 17) and we couldn’t be more stoked to share it with you.

***Vinyl outside of Australia and New Zealand is out next Friday 24th October.

09/10/2025

The long-awaited and much anticipated Chris Knox book is out tomorrow! Not just another music bio, this is a work of art! This beautifully packaged tome is chock-full of previously unseen photos and artwork by the man himself. A real labour of love by author Craig Robertson, ‘Not Given Lightly’ cements Chris Knox’s place as one of the most influential musical figures in Aotearoa/New Zealand

05/10/2025

NEXT FRIDAY IS BATS DAY! Join us to celebrate the release of new album Corner Coming Up on Friday Oct 17th. The day starts with a breakfast time launch of the album and a new music video produced by Rob Stowell. In the afternoon The Bats will play live for Jessie Mulligan on RNZ. Then at 6pm, The Bats will perform live instore at Flying Nun Chch, 143 Tuam St. Free entry, see you there!
RSVP: https://facebook.com/events/s/corner-coming-up-album-release/1520318719001292/

Just a note to our The Bats fans outside of New Zealand and Australia — the vinyl has been delayed by one week (October 24th), but the digital and CD albums are still being released on October 17th as scheduled.

26/09/2025

Pre-order now! Originally released on Flying Nun Records in 1997, reissued by Haymaker Records - here comes the expended High Dependency Unit - Higher 12"! Remastered by Bob Weston - pre-order available now. Look out for more HDU coming soon! Link to the product in the comments.

11/09/2025

A few pics from the our stage in the Flying Nun Wellington record store, as part of Saturday's Great Sounds Great festival. Performing were Robert Scott, Cruelly and Dropper. Shared from our record store FB page (feel free to follow!)