Urbantramper
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand | INDIE
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This album is a folk-pop gem, blending the two genres to excellent effect. It shifts at times from upbeat to morose and back again within the space of two or three songs, but at no point is originality ever in short supply. ... the feel of the album was as though I had been invited in from the cold to share secrets, swap stories, or simply marvel at a delicate piece of art, not wanting to speak too loudly for fear of spoiling the moment. All the while the album retains a sense of refreshing simplicity. It is not particularly dense, there are no fancy effects, nor is there any sense of having to peel off the layers in order to access the true core of each song. The result is an album which feels remarkably honest. Urban Tramper don’t seem to be trying to impress anyone, and it is working wonders for them. - NZmusic.net
This album is a folk-pop gem, blending the two genres to excellent effect. It shifts at times from upbeat to morose and back again within the space of two or three songs, but at no point is originality ever in short supply. ... the feel of the album was as though I had been invited in from the cold to share secrets, swap stories, or simply marvel at a delicate piece of art, not wanting to speak too loudly for fear of spoiling the moment. All the while the album retains a sense of refreshing simplicity. It is not particularly dense, there are no fancy effects, nor is there any sense of having to peel off the layers in order to access the true core of each song. The result is an album which feels remarkably honest. Urban Tramper don’t seem to be trying to impress anyone, and it is working wonders for them. - NZmusic.net
"Personal, witty, fun, warm, great production, really good musicianship" - Radio New Zealand National
"Personal, witty, fun, warm, great production, really good musicianship" - Radio New Zealand National
“Following up 2007’s Tokon & The Colours was always going to be difficult, but Urbantramper has made a record that not only complements it, …it explores new subjects and translates modernistic musical ideas…Fetching melodies and delicately audacious pop songs” - Einstein Music Journal
"This Wellington band's fourth and best album is a wholegrain, organic, occasionally fruity folk-pop delight, with beautiful arrangements, wistful lead vocals...and heavenly harmonies...It's great." - Sunday Star Times, NZ
"This Wellington band's fourth and best album is a wholegrain, organic, occasionally fruity folk-pop delight, with beautiful arrangements, wistful lead vocals...and heavenly harmonies...It's great." - Sunday Star Times, NZ
Discography
2011: Kate Bush Saved My Life (Single)
2010: The Workers' Album: All that is solid melts into air
2009: Rise & ride toward...
2007: Tokon & the colours
2005: The treeninja always gets through...
2004: To the future on foot...
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Urbantramper is 5 piece ‘future folk’ band from Wellington, Aotearoa. The band is currently experimenting with Utopian Music.
The band completed their second European tour in August 2010. They performed at festivals and venues in the UK, France Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic and Switzerland, plus shows in Japan and the US. Lead singer and song-writer Lake has recently returned from a songwriting sojourn in France to re-unite the band and record their fifth album.
We have entitled our music: 'Future folk'.
Future - because we are in a state of becoming and our music is an aural representation of unrealised dreams.
Folk - because we write simple songs for everyone to play and sing along to.
Manifesto-in-progress: To try and capture emotions/experiences, that are felt or perceived, and present them in a digestible, aesthetically pleasing format. To stimulate feeling in our listeners; be it that of concurrence with the emotion we attempt to convey, or of reaching a place hitherto not explored. To play, write, perform and record with ardour and respect for our subject, ourselves, our listeners and the artform itself; we acknowledge our responsibility to all...
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