Tāmaki Makaurau grunge-rock four-piece The Sour release a new video for ‘You’, a standout track from their debut EP Daughters, released in May.
The video for ‘You’ features candid tour footage of the band playing shows and doing promo across Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Whanganui-a-Tara. With a distinctly ’90s nostalgic feel, it captures the magic of female friendship and the bond between four wāhine who love making loud music as much as they love each other.
“The standout for me, however, is You. This is the track that sees the EP out in a blaze of glory. It showcases a brilliant use of space, stripping back to the essentials to let the vocals breathe before the drum fills and backing vocals ramp the intensity up ten notches for the finale.” – Muzic.nz
Watch – ‘You’ by The Sour
Tāmaki Makaurau-based The Sour are a band of wāhine bonded by a shared love of grunge, punk, and all things loud and heavy. Their debut EP Daughters brings together four fuzz-fuelled tracks that capture the band’s love of heavy riffs, gritty hooks, and unapologetic attitude, while celebrating friendship, whakapapa, and the power of wāhine making loud music together.
The EP features first single ‘Your God & Mine’, which debuted at #1 on the bFM Top 10 and quickly gained attention from listeners, DJs, and tastemakers across Aotearoa, cementing The Sour as one of the country’s exciting new heavy acts to watch.
Second single ‘Hex’ is a riff-heavy grunge-rock anthem about revenge and being underestimated. Undertheradar described it as: “Hex delivers sweet / snarling grungy hook power in abundance.”
Alongside the singles, Daughters features ‘Drinking On A Sunday’ and ‘You’, with the new video offering a glimpse into the friendship and shared experiences at the heart of the band.
The Sour bring together decades of collective experience from some of the country’s most beloved underground and alternative acts. The band is made up of Lani Purkis (Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Te Uriroroi) on bass and vocals, formerly of Foamy Ed, Elemeno P, and Delete Delete, and an ISC finalist and semi-finalist; Jessie Booth on guitar and vocals, also playing in Ekko Park, Elemeno P, Sam Cullen, Velveteen Shakes, and LEIGH; Jana Te Nahu Owen (Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Rongowhakaata, Te Ātiawa) on drums and vocals, known for her work with Carnys, Padded Cell, Invisible Threads, Somme, and Bub; and Tam Matchett on guitar and vocals, who also performs with Demons of Noon alongside various opera and theatrical projects.
The Sour
Daughters EP – Out Now
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