Andrew Paley (USA) Plus Mali Mali (NZ)

Chicago based artist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Andrew Paley, plays his first ever show in New Zealand this March.

Known for his work with The Static Age, Paley came out of the early 2000s emo, punk, post-punk and hardcore scenes and has been releasing music for over 20 years now, with his most recent solo album being Scattered Light in 2020.

With a sound that has garnered comparisons along the way to Peter Gabriel, Elliott Smith and The Cure, Paley has toured and worked with the likes of Matt Squire (Panic! At The Disco, Taking Back Sunday, All Time Low), AFI, The Explosion, Texas is the Reason, Bob Nanna of Braid, and many more.

Paley will be supported by Mali Mali. Over the last decade Auckland based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Ben Tolich, aka Mali Mali, has made an art form out of pursuing minimalism in song, with his most recent release being the Spirit Tide album in 2023. Mali Mali been placed within the same tradition as New Zealand post-punk and oddball pop artists such as Peter Jefferies, Alaistair Gailbraith, and Bill Direen and at times has also also been located in a world akin to the free-flowing alternative country of Wilco and the ambient post-rock of Talk Talk.