The debut album Love and Lomography by fast-rising young New Zealand troubadour Nick Raven is due for release on August 27 on Custom Made Music. Evoking a sun-soaked, psychedelic fantasia, Love and Lomography will keep your summer glow shimmering for the rest of the year.
Nick Raven is only 19 and his name may be relatively new but he already has quite a track record, starting with his school band Razor Fox picking up the Schick Style Award at the national finals of the 2010 Smokefree Rockquest. Raven then branched out on his own, touring the North Island, playing bFM’s Freak the Sheep Christmas Special alongside Goodshirt and Julia Deans, releasing a video (‘Kiss Me’) which played on Juice and C4, and winning a recording grant from Zeal West which resulted in the EP Happy You Hippie Me. Recently he’s played 95bFM’s Breakfast Club, and recorded a live In Session at Roundhead studios in December.
Stream the album here http://nickraven.bandcamp.com/album/love-lomography
Here is the Ghettoblaster premiere of “Love”: