TINY RUINS (NZ), RYAN DOWNEY

When

7:00 pmThursday, 2 May 2019

Where

Howler

7-11 Dawson St, Brunswick

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Tiny Ruins, originally conceived as the solo project of New Zealand singer-songwriter Hollie Fullbrook, are releasing their third album Olympic Girls on Friday 1st February 2019 via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records. After sharing the lead single of the same name, Tiny Ruins has now shared 'School of Design'. It was recorded live, with the full band of Cass Basil on bass, Alex Freer on drums and Tom Healy on electric guitar in their hometown of Auckland. 'School of Design' is an achingly haunting refrain, inspired by a moment of reflection on tour.

“The lyrics came from a real experience where I did find myself wandering around an empty design school in a foreign city while on tour. That's where the imagery of the fresh white paint on the walls and the 'archives' comes from, as that's what I saw there. I wrote the song maybe two years later. You draw from experiences to articulate other feelings, other thoughts...a cinematic image that you know well is used to give life to something else, another feeling altogether.

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