Phoenix Foundation / Buffalo

Memphis Industries

Buffalo is the latest album from kaleidoscopic pop group The Phoenix Foundation, whose last one, Happy Ending—originally released on the legendary Flying Nun label—had critics hailing them as New Zealand’s best kept secret. Now signed to Memphis Industries, home to friends and fellow countrymen The Ruby Suns, the band is set to remain a secret no longer.  From intelligent and infectiously catchy gems to epic, psychedelic prog explorations, The Phoenix Foundation’s glorious pop polyglot combines sun-bleached harmonies, chiming guitars, progressive synthscapes and subliminal rhythms to glorious effect. Slung between romance and absurdity, their music can move one to laughter or tears, or whisk one off into another world, without ever losing its poise. And, already a hit Down Under, where it has spent five consecutive weeks in the top ten, Buffalo is the band’s warmest, most lovable recording yet. Since releasing Happy Ending, The Phoenix Foundation’s world has become a lot bigger, their music traveling around the globe and the band following in its wake, hitting the UK, the US and various parts of mainland Europe. They have also lent their skills to score Oscar-nominated Kiwi director Taiki Waititi’s films Eagle Versus Shark and 2010’s Berlin-Film-Festival-winning Boy.

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