Avantdale Bowling Club — TREES Album Release Tour

The Aotearoa Music Award and Taite Prize winning artist Avantdale Bowling Club aka Tom Scott embarks on a six date nationwide tour in support of his second album “TREES”.

Nov 11 — Totara St, Tauranga
Nov 12 — the Factory, Hamilton
Nov 18 — Glenroy Auditorium, Dunedin
Nov 19 - James Hay Theatre - Christchurch
Nov 25 — Auckland Town Hall
Dec 2 — St James Theatre, Wellington

The genre isn’t easy to pin down – in Tom’s typically irreverent own words, the Spotify profile for the ABC project says “Irrelevant jazz from an island nation off the coast of Antarctica.” It is hip-hop, it is jazz, and it features an enviable cast of musicians – Tonga Vaea (vocals/keys/trumpet), Guy Harrison (keys/trumpet), JY Lee (saxophone), Ben Turua (upright bass/bass guitar) and Julien Dyne (drums).

“The album, a hugely ambitious and largely autobiographical work of jazz and hip-hop, arrived after many people thought Scott had had his turn.” – NZ Herald

“An incredible album that feels like the culmination of Tom Scott’s whole career” – The Spinoff on Avantdale Bowling Club

“Stunning. It’s pretty remarkable” (Jessie Thorn, NPR)

“An incredible journey of jazz, rap, soul, and spoken word” (Radio13).

“It’s not just the local album of the year, not just one of my favourite records in a decade or more, it’s an event, something bigger, wider, deeper than ​just an album​, than ​just some raps; it’s pure poetry, incredible writing, it’s a huge learned journey borne of lived experience.” Simon Sweetman, Off The Tracks.