Anika Moa

Location:
NZ
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Site(s):
Label:
EMI
Type:
Major
ANIKA MOA RETURNS TO OUR SOUND WAVES PLUCKING THE HEART STRINGS OF LOVE AND LOSS ON HER 4TH ALBUM LOVE IN MOTION, DUE FOR RELEASE ON APRIL 5.



AFTER 12 YEARS IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS, NUMEROUS APRA SILVER SCROLL NOMINATIONS, A DEBUT DOUBLE PLATINUM ALBUM WITH THINKING ROOM, PLATINUM STATUS WITH HER THIRD ALBUM IN SWINGS THE TIDE, MOA COULD BE TERMED A MINOR VETERAN. BUT THAT WOULD SUGGEST SHE HAS LOST THE CONFESSIONAL NATURE THAT HAS BECOME HER SIGNATURE IN THE WORLD OF POP MUSIC. SHE MAY BE TURNING 30 THIS YEAR, AND LIFE EVOLVING TO INCORPORATE NEW AMBITIONS - BUT AS ALWAYS - ANIKA MOA LAYS BARE HER SOUL & CASTS A TENDER AND CHEEKY GRIN ACROSS EVERY SONG AND CROWD.



ALMOST EVERY SONG YOU’VE HEARD THROUGH ANIKA MOA’S CAREER TAKES YOU INTO HER VERY PRIVATE SPACE, A TENDER PLACE WHERE SHE PLAINLY WEARS HER HEART ON HER SLEEVE.



EACH ALBUM HAS BEEN PART OF ANIKA MOA’S MUSICAL EVOLUTION AND A REFLECTION OF IMMEDIATE INFLUENCES. WHILE HER FIRST ALBUM THINKING ROOM COULD BE COINED CONFESSIONAL POP, HER SOPHOMORE EFFORT STOLEN HILL IS COLOURED WITH A JAZZ/BLUES BRUSH, THE THIRD ALBUM IN SWINGS THE TIDE DISTINCTLY COUNTRY TINGED; THE NEW ALBUM TRADES THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR FOR THE ELECTRIC, AND MOMENTS OF LACONIC ROCK IS THE RESULT.



LOVE IN MOTION WAS RECORDED BETWEEN NEIL FINN’S ROUNDHEAD STUDIO IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND AND BRUCE LYNCH’S BOATSHED STUDIO IN BAYSWATER, UNDER THE SHADOW OF AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE AND WAS AN EXERCISE OF DISCIPLINED FOCUS.



CO-PRODUCED WITH ANDRE UPSTON AND RECORDED WITH HER BAND OF USUAL SUSPECTS, (CHIP MATTHEWS, GEOFF MADDOCK, NICK GAFFANEY AND GODFREY DE GRUT) ANIKA MOA IS VERY PROUD OF THE RESULT, A PLACE WHERE LOVE CAN BE A BATTLEFIELD OR A GOLDMINE. BUT SHE QUIPS; THIS LOVE IS A VARIED AND COMPLEX THING.



SO WHETHER THIS IS ANIKA MOA’S SWANSONG OR THE NEXT CHAPTER IN HER POP VISION, WE CAN BE SURE THAT LOVE IN MOTION IS ANOTHER TIMELESS SNAPSHOT OF A WOMAN TRAVELLING WITH THE EBB AND FLOW OF LOVE AND LIFE. THESE ELEMENTAL FORCES PROVIDE US WITH ANOTHER POIGNANT ANIKA MOA ALBUM, ONE THAT CONSOLIDATES ALL THE OTHERS, FLYING THE FLAG FOR CONFESSIONAL ART AND POP PERFECTION.



Management:



Thomas Dalton at Thunderbird Management -

Tom@thunderbirdmanagement.com



New Album - "Love In Motion" Out April 5th



'In Swings The Tide' Out Now - click for iTunes



'Stolen Hill' Out Now - click for iTunes



'Thinking Room' Out Now - click for iTunes
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