{"id":2390878,"date":"2026-04-27T06:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2390878"},"modified":"2026-04-27T06:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:06:10","slug":"best-new-zealand-music-of-the-week-april-20th-26th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/best-new-zealand-music-of-the-week-april-20th-26th\/","title":{"rendered":"Best New Zealand Music of the Week: April 20th-26th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Stay up to date with New Zealand music with <em>Rolling Stone AU\/NZ<\/em>\u2019s weekly roundup.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the best new music from Aotearoa acts released between April 20th-26th below.<\/p>\n<h2>Deva Mahal \u2014 \u201cSomeone\u2019s Daughter\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>P\u014dneke-based musician Deva Mahal drops the final single from her new EP, <em>FUTURE CLASSIC VOL 11: FUTURE<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to tear them all down with my voice,\u201d Mahal says of the powerful ballad. \u201cTo write something that could pierce through their souls and demand that our humanity be seen and respected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m demanding your attention in this song and daring you not to feel something profound. I\u2019m demanding that you see us. See Black women and all marginalised women as humans who deserve to feel safe in this world. We are not just a statistic, a body, a number.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Someone&#039;s Daughter\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DiN09z9RhBc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Rhian Sheehan, Arli Liberman \u2014 \u201cSpecular (Zuke Remix)\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Producer Zuke puts their singular spin on a reworking of \u201cSpecular\u201d, a track which originally appeared on Rhian Sheehan and Arli Liberman\u2019s collaborative album <em>Traces<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Specular (Zuke Remix)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"400\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1bqGmRujadZnEZy3Z6bmXn?si=EGhhEJZETyWNDkL7IuWtLQ&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form justify-content-center my-3 p-0 d-flex align-items-stretch bg-dark text-white\">\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form-info p-3\" style=\"justify-content: start;\">\n<h2 class=\"h5 mb-0 observer-title\">Love Music?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner d-none\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The Veils \u2014 \u201cAurora\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Finn Andrews continues the buildup to his new album, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-veils-announce-new-album-fragile-world-91623\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Fragile World<\/em><\/a>, with a new single and music video from award-winning director Alexander Gandar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis song was written as it was being recorded, which is a very rare thing for me,\u201d he shares. \u201c<span class=\"il\">The<\/span> day we made it, there was a huge geomagnetic storm over parts of New Zealand, and <span class=\"il\">the<\/span> pictures of <span class=\"il\">the<\/span> aurora that followed were in all <span class=\"il\">the<\/span> papers. Sometimes things are so beautifully simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Veils - Aurora [Official Video]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N3Cjf6eHzIg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Zo\u00eb Vera \u2014 <em>Live Harder<\/em> EP<\/h2>\n<p>One of Aotearoa\u2019s most exciting rising pop stars showcases her promise on <em>Live Harder<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis EP is so incredibly special to me,\u201d Vera says. \u201cI wrote the final title track of the EP on one of the hardest days of my life. I realised I had 2 choices \u2014 I can let what\u2019s been done to me destroy me, or I can get up and fight like hell for the life I deserve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes the best form of resilience and the most powerful revenge is simply refusing to be diminished and choosing to live harder anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: LIVE HARDER\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"400\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1orRkF0wnnowf1QNAhkPUn?si=PjjW2oRFTemyvlcgxnK7fw&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<h2>HINA \u2014 \u201cSouth Pacific Sun\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>HINA\u2019s highly anticipated debut album already sounds like it\u2019s worth the wait.<\/p>\n<p>Before <em>Descending Dreams<\/em> arrives on July 31st, the T\u0101maki Makaurau singer-songwriter shares \u201cSouth Pacific Sun\u201d, the second taste of her forthcoming record.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HINA - South Pacific Sun (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dYI8tducHgk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The opening ocean sounds were recorded at my local beach, where I\u2019ve been going since I was a child,\u201d HINA says of the meditative cut. \u201cTo me, the music has a quintessentially South Pacific flavour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut this song isn\u2019t about the ocean, not really. It\u2019s me asking for balance, calm, safety, and permission to exist. It\u2019s about emotional homelessness, living inside someone else\u2019s world. This song is hope entwined with early self-abandonment, still believing peace is possible but already disappearing to find \u00a0it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','243859349395737');fbq('track','PageView');fbq.disablePushState=true;<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source au.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stay up to date with New Zealand music with Rolling Stone AU\/NZ\u2019s weekly roundup. 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