Tiny Ruins

Overview

Auckland four-piece Tiny Ruins are embarking on a mini-tour of Australia playing three gigs in Sydney and Melbourne. Mid-tour, they'll be releasing an EP titled Hurtling Through, which was recorded in Brooklyn earlier in the year.

Originally a vehicle for the solo work of singer-songwriter Hollie Fullbrook, over the years Tiny Ruins has morphed from a one-woman side-project into an indie sensation with mainstream appeal. Don’t expect Fullbrook to account for the band’s success; the seemingly shy singer/songwriter hasn’t changed things up, instead sticking to her tried and true formula of crafting haunting, melancholic ballads. Ballads so beguiling that the band’s debut album, Some Were Meant For Sea, was recognised as one of the five best albums of 2011 by the BBC World Service no less.

Simply put, this is beautiful, bittersweet, halting music. If that sounds like something you’d like to see, you can’t go wrong with Tiny Ruins.