The Phoenix Foundation have lived many lives. From high school distortion addicts to indie folktrippers to masters of otoric dream pop. It’s been five years since GUYD but that down time has been spent writing, recording, touring with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, creatingthe acclaimed soundtrack for Hunt For The Wilderpeople, building shrines to light, creatingscores for VR, producing other bands, baking sourdough.

Slowly, when they could, the six oldfriends found time to work together in studios, garages, forests, and sheds around New Zealandto put together the concise ten song set of that is Friend Ship. Featuring Nadia Reid, HollieFullbrook (Tiny Ruins) and Anita Clark (Motte) their 7th album is both a classic collection ofPhoenixy songs and a new palette of sounds and characters.