NO CIGAR
What you get when a group of mates, with a shared love of songwriting, religiously escape reality to create sounds together. Their music, which expresses a deep sense of storytelling, draws from various influences. Each performance is a journey guaranteed to envelop you in romanticism, to the ever-evolving backdrop of a thumping sonic experience. With elements of alternative, folk, and indie rock, they also utilise groove-based rhythms with psychedelic undertones to keep your feet moving & your shoulders rolling.
Their listenership on Spotify has snowballed in a short period since their first release in Dec 2019, growing to over 130,000 monthly listeners. Their music has reached over 4 million streams on Spotify, with two singles making the Official NZ Hot Singles Charts.
Singles including “1999”, “Some Nights” and “Say No More” have been played on rotation by Radio Hauraki, The Edge and ZM over the past two years, while other singles have also been selected by NZ on air for their New Tracks compilations.
Since the band’s inception in 2019, NO CIGAR has grown a fiercely loyal fanbase, executing highly regarded performances across the NZ music festival circuit including Rhythm and Vines, Outfield Festival, Longline Classic and That Weekend, to name a few. So far, every headline gig they have hosted has sold out, at venues including Galatos, Tuning Fork, Leigh Sawmill, Pointers and Whammy.
Their 11-track debut album “Bienvenido” was been released in September 2022 – a product of a month spent recording earlier in the year in sunny, laid-back Mangawhai. The album features broad, immense themes, delivered with their trademark chill guitar riffs and hooks and infectious vocal harmonies.
It’s an album designed to be experienced live throughout Aotearoa. The band played a nine-stop nationwide headline tour across October & November 2022 with shows in Christchurch, Dunedin, Wanaka, Queenstown, Napier, Gisborne, Mount Maunganui and Auckland.
They have become known for their energy on stage and interaction with the crowd, introducing layers of exciting elements that really bring their live performances to another level.
Their listenership on Spotify has snowballed in a short period since their first release in Dec 2019, growing to over 130,000 monthly listeners. Their music has reached over 4 million streams on Spotify, with two singles making the Official NZ Hot Singles Charts.
Singles including “1999”, “Some Nights” and “Say No More” have been played on rotation by Radio Hauraki, The Edge and ZM over the past two years, while other singles have also been selected by NZ on air for their New Tracks compilations.
Since the band’s inception in 2019, NO CIGAR has grown a fiercely loyal fanbase, executing highly regarded performances across the NZ music festival circuit including Rhythm and Vines, Outfield Festival, Longline Classic and That Weekend, to name a few. So far, every headline gig they have hosted has sold out, at venues including Galatos, Tuning Fork, Leigh Sawmill, Pointers and Whammy.
Their 11-track debut album “Bienvenido” was been released in September 2022 – a product of a month spent recording earlier in the year in sunny, laid-back Mangawhai. The album features broad, immense themes, delivered with their trademark chill guitar riffs and hooks and infectious vocal harmonies.
It’s an album designed to be experienced live throughout Aotearoa. The band played a nine-stop nationwide headline tour across October & November 2022 with shows in Christchurch, Dunedin, Wanaka, Queenstown, Napier, Gisborne, Mount Maunganui and Auckland.
They have become known for their energy on stage and interaction with the crowd, introducing layers of exciting elements that really bring their live performances to another level.
VIDEOS
MUSIC/MIXES
DISCOGRAPHY
Bienvenido (Album) - 2022
Holiday (Single) - 2022
Say No More (Single) - 2022
Black Hole (Single) - 2022
Some Nights (Single) - 2022
Valium (Single) - 2020
1999 (Single) - 2020
Liquid Dynamite (Single) - 2020
Radical Road (EP) - 2020
Tickets to Space (Single) - 2019
Holiday (Single) - 2022
Say No More (Single) - 2022
Black Hole (Single) - 2022
Some Nights (Single) - 2022
Valium (Single) - 2020
1999 (Single) - 2020
Liquid Dynamite (Single) - 2020
Radical Road (EP) - 2020
Tickets to Space (Single) - 2019
PRESS
Zm online - June 2022
Anchor fm radio interview - Sept 2022
Stuff - 2022
13th Floor - May 2022
Hauraki - 2020
NZ Musician - 2019
Anchor fm radio interview - Sept 2022
Stuff - 2022
13th Floor - May 2022
Hauraki - 2020
NZ Musician - 2019
BOOKINGS/MORE INFO
JAZ KAPOW / FENELLA STRATTON
E: [email protected] / [email protected]
P: +64 21 128 7475 / +64 21 054 0699
JAZ KAPOW / FENELLA STRATTON
E: [email protected] / [email protected]
P: +64 21 128 7475 / +64 21 054 0699