{"id":2397129,"date":"2026-05-01T03:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2397129"},"modified":"2026-05-01T03:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:32:12","slug":"vera-ellen-releases-new-album-heaven-knows-what-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/vera-ellen-releases-new-album-heaven-knows-what-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Vera Ellen Releases New Album &#8216;Heaven Knows What Time&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Celebrate the first day of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nzmusicmonth.co.nz\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa | NZ Music Month<\/a> by listening to a new Vera Ellen album.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Taite Music Prize-winning singer-songwriter\u2019s latest record, <em>Heaven Knows What Time<\/em>, is out today via Flying Nun Records.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to a press release, <em>Heaven Knows What Time<\/em> followed a period of \u201cunconventionality\u201d for Allen, during which she learned to \u201cembrace the chaos that comes with being a self-sustained artist in today\u2019s constantly driving culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201c<em>Heaven Knows What Time\u00a0<\/em>is less about thinking and more about just being \u2014 embracing the masks we wear, but also allowing ourselves to take them off and bare it all; the exhausted, the messy, the fear, the adventure, and all of the joy too,\u201d the press release adds.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ellen wrote the album during a two-week songwriting residency in Greytown, awarded through the NZ Pacific Studio Artist Residency Programme.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The residency provided space and solitude away from touring and performance, culminating in a performance at Studio 73\u00a0for fellow residents and members of the local community.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT TIME\" 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\/0ugURFudOOyHsEj3gS0qBG?si=FtI5iPPPTP2ssIGQ9vJgXA&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<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Heaven Knows What Time<\/em> features lead single <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/vera-ellen-new-album-single-91005\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cGayfever\u201d<\/a>, which was accompanied by an absurd music video helmed by Ellen\u2019s ex-bandmate Jerry Ramirez, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/vera-ellen-hemi-hemingway-when-its-over-single-92384\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWhen It\u2019s Over\u201d<\/a>, a collaboration with fellow P\u014dneke Wellington musician Hemi Hemingway.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s also new single \u201cWalking in Vegas\u201d, which Ellen describes as an \u201cexploration of artifice in the entertainment industry. The many selves, the lack of self. Identity within identity without identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vera Ellen - Walking in Vegas (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TVQVI7jwdic?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 dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s been three years since Ellen released her excellent album <em>Ideal Home Noise<\/em>, which featured in our<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/80-best-new-zealand-albums-of-the-2020s-so-far-78646\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a080 Best New Zealand Albums of the 2020s So Far<\/a> list last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf 2021\u2019s <i>It\u2019s Your Birthday<\/i> hinted at much to come, <i>Ideal Home Noise<\/i> was her confirmation. Born out of a troubled period of Vera\u2019s life, her latest full-length record journeys between light and dark, hope and despair, the tracks anchored by lyrics that makes a listener feel less alone in facing their own battles,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/80-best-new-zealand-albums-of-the-2020s-so-far-78646\/vera-ellen-ideal-home-noise-album-78798\/\" target=\"_blank\">we praised<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ideal Home Noise<\/em> won the coveted Taite Music Prize in 2024, and Ellen said she was \u201cstill in shock\u201d when we caught up with her backstage immediately after her triumph.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou know how you think that people will secretly know, and then they just act shocked? Like, no, I literally didn\u2019t know\u2026 And then when it was my name called \u2013 I\u2019m still really shocked, honestly,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taite-music-prize-2024-vera-ellen-jujulipps-interviews-58344\/\" target=\"_blank\">she told us<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">She followed that with a nomination for Best Alternative Artist at the 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards, following her win in the same category in 2022 for her album <em>It\u2019s My Birthday<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Following a 27-date jaunt around the UK and Europe supporting Aldous Harding, Ellen will return home to Aotearoa for a national tour in July (ticket information <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.banishedmusic.com\/tours\/vera-ellen-heaven-knows\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Vera Ellen\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ffm.to\/vera-ellen-hkwt\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heaven Knows What Time<\/a> is out now via Flying Nun Records.<\/em><\/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>Celebrate the first day of Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa | NZ Music Month by listening to a new Vera Ellen album. 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