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Dry Dive - Reputation
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How Get - Ko te reo te taikura
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SODA BOYZ - Enough
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trissie (Dn) - Sunday
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SOGG (Dn) - Kill Yr Oppressor
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Dale Kerrigan (Dn) - ANDREA 
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Sommerset - Streets Don't Close
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Fleshwater - Jetpack
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Pearly* - Not So Sweet

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2JF4HkWNWl7dbw2243fzzQ?si=cd955687aaca45e6 

 

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• Out of Luck! (Dn/Chch) - MY HEAD HURTS

 

Hello! I made a post on Instagram asking for NZ emo (and adjacent) recommendations; had over a dozen responses (thanks!) of super cool stuff that I hadn’t heard. 

 

Today’s show will mostly be the recommendations people sent through, and my own personal picks at the end if we have time.

 

Most of these tracks I’ve only listened to once while i was putting together this playlist, but I think it neatly shows how wide the ‘emo’ umbrella really goes.

 

 

• Dry Dive (Ōtautahi/Chch) - Reputation
  • from desperate measures (EP, 2020)
  • solo project of Johnny Fast from Nervous Jerk
  • recommended by Reef

 

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• Fouler (Pōneke/Welly) - Booming 
  • from Fouler (2020). Latest release: Summit (EP, 2025)
  • recommended by Niki and Hayward

 

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• How Get (Tāmaki Makaurau/AKL) - Ko te reo te taikura
  • from Ka Mutu (EP, 2022)
  • recommended by Benji and Izzy

 

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• The First Child (Tāmaki Makaurau/AKL) - My Godless Heresy
  • [single] (2024)
  • recommended by Jah

 

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• American Muscle (Pōneke/Welly) - Is There Calcium in Cheese?
  • from Phase 2 (double single, 2025)
  • recommended by Caleb
  • also have a great live session on ANKY!

 

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• Sommerset (Tāmaki Makaurau/AKL) - Clutter
  • from Fast Cars, Slow Guitars (2003)
  • recommended by Liam

 

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• Parents (Tāmaki Makaurau/AKL) - Clear Path
  • from Parents (2013)
  • recommended by Joel
  • shoutout Simon of RAM-RAID/Static Age (the store)

 

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• Soda Boyz (Te Papa-i-Oea/Palmerston North) - Enough
  • from Not Boyz Anymore (EP, 2025)
  • recommended by Hayward, Leo
  • shoutout Fi

 

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• Melanie (Tāmaki Makaurau/AKL) - Maude St.
  • from 42 Losers (2020)
  • recommended by Mario and Jack

 

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• CARTHAGE (Tāmaki Makaurau/AKL) - When the Mill Stops Turning
  • from A Collection of Works (2024)
  • recommended by Tommy

 

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• Goodnight Nurse - Death Goes to Disco
  • from Always and Never (2006)
  • recommended by Patricia (@patriciamakesnoise)

 

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Huuuuuge thank you to everyone who replied to my Instagram post with all these awesome recommendations! I feel enlightened. 

 

I’ve been listening to emo for a couple years now but only knew a handful of emo bands from Aotearoa, so I’m glad to finally be diving deeper into our local acts.

 

Here are some of my personal picks of emo/adjacent tracks from NZ:

 

• Dale Kerrigan (Ōtepoti/Dn) - Mornington Park
• Ghost Colored Faces (Ōtepoti/Dn) - So Small
• Only You (Ōtautahi/Chch) - Chloe
• Model Home (Ōtautahi/Chch) - Leaky Home Simulator 2031
• Cruelly (Pōneke/Welly) - No Doubt 
• trissie (Ōtepoti/Dn) - Morning Sun
• Out of Luck! (Dn/Chch)- CONGRATULATIONS ERIC!

 

 

hit up @ethanoodlesoup on instagram if u got more recs or wanna yap!

• trissie (Dn) - Morning Sun

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• Mim Jensen (NZ) - Past Life
• FlaxHubzzy (Dn) - Glowing Pt.2

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• Eli - Girl of Your Dreams

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• Model Home (NZ) - Leaky Home Simulator 2031

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• Only You (NZ) - Circles
• Cruelly (NZ) - Better Off Dead

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• AFP (NZ) - Torn On the Right, Torn On the Left

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• Standover (NZ) - Slave

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• Black Sabbath - Paranoid