Estère’s ‘Archetypes’ release tour resumes in Te Waipounamu on 5th May

A year of delay – pushed-back record release, postponed festivals, rescheduled Archetypes album-release tour dates – and finally Estere and her awesome band are bringing Archetypes to the South Island!

Estere says “I was really upset when we had to put the tour on hold the day before it was meant to begin, in February. I love the South Island, and am so excited to get there. I’ve been looking forward to this for ages!”

Archetypes “…puts Estere in the lineage of Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, David Byrne, Grimes and others who extend pop tropes into intelligent, adult territory.” – Graham Reid, The Listener

Estere’s band is comprised of über-talented cast of creative characters Zoe Moon Mahal (Brockaflower), Ben Lemi (TrinityRoots, French for Rabbits, Dawn Diver) and Cory Champion (Borrowed CS, Clear Path Ensemble). Their on-stage chemistry sparks the delivery of Estere’s magical music to main centres and regions new to her performance.

Archetypes is a departure from the bedroom beats of Estere’s previous two albums. Co-produced with Massive Attack producer, Stew Jackson, each track on the album comes alive through the Wellington-based artist’s deft production. Defying categoristion, her music is a mixture of folk, R&B and electronica, blended in a unique fashion, easily identified as ‘Estere’. Archetypesis the sound of an artist who entirely commits to creative instinct.

Photo Credit: Bayly & Moore