Princess Chelsea has announced her first tour of Aotearoa in two years after the release of her last album, ‘The Loneliest Girl’ – delivering a mix of known and loved songs along with a smattering of brand new music.
Princess Chelsea says “The tour is a return to live performance after I put my health before my music for the first time in 2018 and paused my ‘Loneliest Girl’ tour of New Zealand midway through. Two years later I’m pressing play again and excited to come back.”
Lauded by The FADER as “a Nancy Sinatra for the Shazam era – her voice, warm as a dimming flashbulb, spreads prestige over music that infuses genres from pop to house”, Princess Chelsea will be accompanied by the same band that toured the world with her for The Loneliest Girl album release in 2018 with the addition of Simeon Kavanagh-Vincent (Lucky Boy, Phoebe Rings). The band’s motto is “100% live aka no laptops and as many synths as possible”.
Joining for the full tour is Dunedin electronic artist, Stef Animal, acclaimed by Bandcamp Daily as “a leading example of Oceanic Vaporwave”. Visuals for the shows will be designed by the fantastical video animation artist, Simon Ward.
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PRINCESS CHELSEA
With special guest Stef Animal
Friday 27th November | Dive | Dunedin
Saturday 28th November | Wunderbar | Christchurch
Thursday 3rd December | Tuning Fork | Auckland
Friday 4th December | Meow | Wellington
Saturday 5th December | Nivara Lounge | Hamilton
Sunday 6th December | Artworks Theatre | Waiheke Island
Tickets on sale 12pm, Tuesday 22nd September from Moshtix / UTR.
Praise for Princess Chelsea:
“The Auckland musician is here to subvert expectations… she begins in a voice sweeter than peach pie and syrup, her voice gliding over slow, classic garage rock riffs that sit somewhere between Velvet Underground and The Cramps… her eyes sparkling through a deadpan expression, injecting a pure shot of cynicism into an otherwise saccharine tale of romance.” – Noisey UK
“Wrapped up in the fluffy baby whisper vocals are warnings against smoking, dating older men, loneliness.” – Wonderland
“confident and impressive.” – Louder than War
“It shouldn’t make sense, but it does, and it’s brilliant.” – Joyzine
“Princess Chelsea doesn’t make a single misstep, making some seemingly incongruous musical elements sound as if they were always meant to fit together.” – Soundblab
Image Credits: Feature Image courtesy of Coco Campbell. Header Image courtesy of Adam Custins.
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