Search For Yeti at The Jam Factory

Drawing influences from indie rock, britpop, folk and new-wave with an emphasis on hooks and melodies, the album shows a diverse range which has been praised as “a brilliant debut” (Chris Philpott), “warm, expansive and guaranteed to elicit a genuine emotional reaction” (13th Floor), “the songs stick with you, dreamlike in their form” (music.net.nz), and “hard rock, indie rock, power pop, atmospheric, it comfortably straddles them all” (Elsewhere).Search For Yeti are Luke Marlow (vocals/guitar), Vince Waide (guitar/bass/moog taurus/vocals), Sean Barker (drums, samples, vocals).

Appeals to fans of melodic indie rock, with strong songs and good energy - think bands like Wilco, Radiohead, The National, The Replacements and R.E.M.Joining the band for the Tauranga show will be Tāmaki Makaurau jangle rock kings Cowboy Dan and local indie/folk singer-songwriter Frances Ellen (performing with her band).Cowboy Dan make jangly happy sad music from the depths of Tāmaki Makaurau. Their first two EPs are…