Editors Note: This is our first ever New Zealand piece and we are stoked! We also can’t believe how fucking awesome all you Kiwi musos are. Well we had some idea but we are certainly not going to have any trouble finding great stuff to write about so from everyone at Happy welcome to our inaugural NZ edition!
Apparently Connan Mockasin is already super famous. Call me ignorant, and I’ll agree. I have basically limited to zero knowledge of New Zealand’s music scene*. After stumbling upon Mockasin’s track, Do I Make You Feel Shy?, via New Zealand’s bFM (their version of FBi), I embarked upon my usual internet trawling for more info. Oh, hello, he has 36, 000 Facebook likes. Anyway, popularity doesn’t detract from talent, especially in Mockasin’s case.
Initially, it was the album cover to his second and most recent studio album, Caramel, that intrigued me. A white and gold themed photoshoot of Mockasin rolling around inside bedsheets, it looked like it had literally been ripped straight out of 1986. Then came the track titles, which include 5 different versions of It’s Your Body, I’m The Man That Will Find You, and I Wanna Roll With You. One full YouTube streaming later, and I was sold.
This album is great, this guy is a lord, and I’m left very excited for what else the Kiwis have to offer.
*until the boss said go forth and find the best music from across the Tasman (until we have a local correspondent).
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