Fat Freddy’s Drop is internationally regarded as one of the world’s finest live draws. The seven piece band has navigated its way from the incubator of sunshine reggae through a colour-saturated field of soul psychedelia before swerving onto a desolate Detroit superhighway at night. This euphoric vibe demands to be heard live, a potent mixture of jazz virtuosity and diaphragm-wrecking digital sonics.

They may have been around since the early Noughties, but they are truly the most modern of institutions. Looking ahead to 2024, the focus is on recording a brand new studio album at the band’s BAYS studio in home town Pōneke, Wellington. The sessions will be the first since Freddys crafted ‘WAIRUNGA’ and ‘LOCK-IN’ live concert albums both recorded and filmed sans audiences at home in Aotearoa New Zealand during Covid-19 lock-downs.