Ringlets have shared ‘Hard Evidence’, their sassy and supernal new single, via Flying Nun Records. Touching on labour, collapse, and stolen trousers – arriving with a music video directed by Martin Sagadin. The track finds the Auckland post-punk four piece in vivid, uncompromising form.
‘Hard Evidence’ was recorded over a day at Roundhead Studios with De Stevens – more time than the band have previously been allotted for a single track. That space allowed the song to be developed fully in the room, and the result is audible: delicate, more industrial in texture, and underpinned by a melody a little sweet beneath the surface. Sagadin’s video takes that same physicality somewhere more surreal, where support and strain occasionally look indistinguishable.
‘Hard Evidence’ by Ringlets ***(Made with support from NZ On Air)***
The single follows Ringlets’ sophomore album The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time for Walkies), released June 2025 via Flying Nun Records. Produced at The Lab in Auckland with Olly Harmer and Michael Logie (The Mint Chicks), and mixed by Isaac Keating at Abbey Road Studios, the album announced Ringlets as one of the most vital bands to emerge from Aotearoa in years.
The record hit #4 on the Official Aotearoa Music Charts Hot 20 Albums, with every single reaching #1 on the Aotearoa Alternative Radio Charts. Earning rave reviews from Rolling Stone and The Big Issue, the album was subsequently named a finalist for the Taite Music Prize alongside the likes of Marlon Williams and Tom Scott. The band have also been nominated for Best Group at the 2026 Aotearoa Music Awards.
Live, Ringlets are a different proposition again. Their first Australian tour culminated in eight sold-out shows, an appearance at BIGSOUND Festival in Brisbane, and festival slots at Rhythm & Vines, Twisted Frequency, and Laneway Festival. They recently opened for Black Country, New Road, and tomorrow will begin a 28-date run of the U.K and Europe including appearances at The Great Escape Festival, ArcTanGent, and headline shows at The Windmill, the Hug & Pint and Supersonic Paris.
‘Hard Evidence’ is out today via Flying Nun Records.
Ringlets are on tour in the UK and Europe now.
Tour details and tickets can be found at ringlets.co.nz.
MAY 9 – OXFORD, UK AT THE TRUCK MUSIC STORE
MAY 10 – LONDON, UK AT PACIFIC TAVERN
MAY 13-15 – BRIGHTON, UK AT THE GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL
MAY 17 – LONDON, UK AT THE WINDMILL BRIXTON
MAY 19 – SOUTHAMPTON, UK AT HEARTBREAKERS
MAY 20 – BATH, UK AT ROSEBERRY ROAD STUDIOS
MAY 21 – CARDIFF, WALES AT FUEL ROCK CLUB
MAY 22 – BIRMINGHAM, UK AT THE SUNFLOWER LOUNGE
MAY 24 – NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, UK AT ZEROX
MAY 25 – GLASGOW, UK AT THE HUG & PINT
MAY 26 – EDINBURGH, UK AT THE VOODOO ROOMS
MAY 29 – CARMARTHEN, UK AT CWRW
MAY 31 – LONDON, UK AT THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS
JUNE 3 – PARIS, FR AT SUPERSONIC
JUNE 4 – GRONINGEN, NL AT VERA
JUNE 6 – COLOGNE, DE AT ARTHEATER (SUPPORTING WORLD NEWS)
JUNE 7 – HALDERN, DE AT HALDERN POP BAR
JUNE 8 – KUSEL, DE AT KINETT
JUNE 10 – BERLIN, DE AT 8MM
JUNE 12 – LEIPZIG, DE AT MVB
JUNE 15 – MUNICH, DE AT SUBSTANZ CLUB
JUNE 16 – VIENNA, AT AT KRAMLADEN
JUNE 18 – ZAGREB, HR AT MOČVARA
AUGUST 21 – BRISTOL, UK AT ARCTANGENT FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 23 – ROTTERDAM, NL AT LEFT OF THE DIAL FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 24 – ROTTERDAM, NL AT LEFT OF THE DIAL FESTIVAL
- More to be announced
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