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+ Supports announced for AUS tour
Up for an impressive three awards at this year’s NZ AMAs, Mel Parsons is keeping her foot to the floor with the release of another new single ‘Brick by Brick’, out today.
A slight departure from Mel’s often dark and haunting signature indie-folk sound, upbeat ‘Brick by Brick’ showcases the award-winning artist’s knack for writing catchy and compelling songs, no matter the mood.
“I guess I’m an eternal optimist, despite the sometimes-somber vibe of my particular brand of indie-folk,” says Mel.
Mel adds: “Broadly speaking ‘Brick by Brick’ is a reminder to myself to just start the thing. I’m a procrastinator and often get overwhelmed with possibilities, but I’ve worked out that if I keep showing up even when I’m hating it, something will usually materialise.”
‘Brick by Brick’ is accompanied by a music video made in Parsons’ Lyttelton backyard, filmed and edited by Christchurch-based Adam Hogan of LORE Films. “Mostly I run screaming from literal representation of anything in a music video, but for this one it felt like the obvious direction. Straightforward to shoot and visually pleasing, we threw some bricks around and had some fun with it.”
‘Brick by Brick’ follows the recent release of Mel’s first single of 2025, ‘Post High Slide’, which debuted on Spotify’s New Music Friday AU/NZ and featured on 95bFM, RDU and the SRN top 10.
Both ‘Brick by Brick’ and ‘Post High Slide’ were produced and engineered by long-time collaborator Josh Logan, who also worked with Mel on her critically acclaimed 2024 album, SABOTAGE, which contained the songs ‘Offer Down’, ‘Little Sadness’ and ‘5432’.
SABOTAGE debuted at #2on the Official Top 20 NZ Albums Chart and was a finalist at this year’s Taite Music Prizeand has earned three nominations – Album of the Year, Best Folk Artist and Best Album Artwork (by Emma Hercus) – at the Aotearoa Music Awards, which will be held in late May.
The new music coincides with Mel’s upcoming seven-date POST HIGH SLIDE – NZ and Australian tour,which kicks off at San Fran in Wellington on Sunday May 25and wraps up at the Vanguard in Sydney on Sunday June 15. Get tickets HERE.
AUSTRALIAN TOUR JUNE 2025 – SUPPORTS ANNOUNCED
Armed with new music, Mel Parsons is set to hit Australia for a bunch of shows next month in VIC & NSW on her Post Slide High tour. Joining Parsons as special guests will be Emily Lubitz for all VIC shows, and Lisa Caruso in Sydney.
Don’t miss Mel Parsons live:
Thursday June 12 – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne w/ Emily Lubitz
Friday June 13 – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine w/ Emily Lubitz
Saturday June 14 – Archies Creek Arts, Archie VIC w/ Emily Lubitz
Sunday June 15 – The Vanguard, Sydney NSW w/ Lisa Caruso
Presented by I Hear Django
Tickets on sale now via melparsons.com
ABOUT MEL PARSONS
Touring with Crowded House marked the end of a watershed year in 2024 for Mel Parsons, in which she released her critically-acclaimed sixth album SABOTAGE. Prior to SABOTAGEwas SLOW BURN, which debuted at #3 in the Official Top 40 AlbumCharts and #2 in the Top 20 NZ Album Charts. Her previous album GLASS HEART,saw her win Best Folk Artist / Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa at the 2020 Aotearoa Music Awards, and was also a finalist for the 2019 Taite Music Prize and Top 20 finalist at 2019’s APRA Silver Scroll Award.
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