Avantdale Bowling Club is a New Zealand hip hop and jazz project led by rapper Tom Scott. The group's self-titled debut album won the Taite Music Prize in 2019, as well as Album of the Year at the 2019 New Zealand Music Awards.[1][2]
The band's name is a portmanteau, combining the term avant-garde with Scott's hometown of Avondale.[3]
History edit
Tom Scott, previously a member of groups such as Home Brew and At Peace, established Avantdale Bowling Club in 2018.[4] Though nominally a solo project by Scott, Avantdale Bowling Club also includes the participation of many other musicians.[5]
Scott wrote much of the material for the band's debut album while living in Collingwood, Melbourne throughout the mid-2010s; the earliest Avantdale Bowling Club song to be written, "Pocket Lint", dates back to 2014.[6] Scott moved back to Avondale in the later 2010s, in order to raise his son in New Zealand, and began recording the group's debut album after this move.[6][7]
Musical style edit
Scott's lyrics have been described as "blending working-class storytelling and New Zealand colloquialisms".[3] Avantdale Bowling Club's instrumentation is inspired by 1970s jazz, soul, and funk.[3]
Discography edit
- Avantdale Bowling Club (2018)
- TREES (2022)
References edit
- ^ "Avantdale Bowling Club wins 2019 Taite Music Prize". Radio New Zealand. 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ Rutledge, Daniel (2019-11-14). "Benee dominates the 2019 VNZMAs, winning four Tuis". Newshub. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ a b c Pepperell, Martyn (19 October 2022). "New Zealand's Daring Jazz Scene". Bandcamp. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Thorn, Jesse (2019-04-16). "Bullseye with Jesse Thorn: Avantdale Bowling Club". NPR. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ Puschmann, Karl (29 August 2018). "Album review: Avantdale Bowling Club". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ a b Stamp, Tony (18 August 2018). "Avantdale Bowling Club: Track by track with Tom Scott". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Tom Scott on Avantdale Bowling Club and coming home". Radio New Zealand. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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