After the release his new single ‘Introducing’, 21-year-old New Zealand artist Muroki is excited to share the announcement of his upcoming EP Heading East, available Friday 16 September via Olive Records / Universal Music and Australian and New Zealand tour.
In Australia, Muroki’s Heading East tour takes him to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane as well as the Wanderer Festival in Sapphire Coast, NSW and Promiseland on the Gold Coast, QLD. The EP tour then heads back to New Zealand for headline shows including a rescheduled date at the San Fran in Wellington after covid caused the cancellation of his July date. He also appears at the Longline Classic festival in Gisborne.
MUROKI TOUR DATES
Australia
Saturday 24 September – Wanderer Festival, Sapphire Coast NSW
Wednesday 28 September – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne VIC
Friday 30 September – Metro Social, Sydney NSW
Saturday 1 October – The Zoo, Brisbane QLD
Sunday 2 October – Promiseland Festival, Gold Coast QLD
New Zealand
Saturday 8 October – Last Place, Hamilton
Friday 14 October – Hollywood, Auckland
Saturday 15 October – San Fran, Wellington
Wednesday 19 October Yonder, Queenstown
Thursday 20 October – Dive, Dunedin
Saturday 22 October – The Longline Classic, Gisborne
Heading East is Muroki’s second EP release. The six track collection includes the singles ‘Find Me’ and ‘Introducing’, plus four as yet unheard tracks. Stirring the melting pot of Muroki’s musical influences, you can hear indie, pop, reggae and world music on songs like the chilled pop of ‘Simple Pleasures’ or the heartfelt roots flavours in ‘Found In Nairobi’ and the EP’s title track.
Releasing a new collection of music and getting back out on the road promises to start Muroki’s summer in a bold way, connecting with his growing fanbase on both sides of the Tasman. “I’m super excited to be touring through New Zealand and Australia to share all my new music with you!” says Muroki.
To celebrate the announce, Muroki shares a video of him performing ‘Introducing’ live at Parachute Studios in Auckland.
Muroki’s smooth, roots based sound mixes his Raglan background of skating pavements and surfing breaks with inspiration from local music, his Kenyan background and sounds from the streets of North and South America.
His breakout hit ‘Wavy’ topped the NZ charts and the breezy soul-pop jam ‘Surfin’’ became a triple j playlist fave and was nominated by GQ as the single “..soundtrack of Summer.”
Muroki’s vocals catch your undivided attention, his voice a hypnotic instrument effortlessly caressing melodies to melt even the toughest of us. Release after release, Muroki continues to show us that he is someone you don’t want to be late on. He is set to take your heart.… if he hasn’t already.