French for Rabbits announce double EP vinyl for pre-order and share new song and video ‘Baring Head’

29 September 2023

Te-Whanganui-a-Tara’s French for Rabbits have today announced a new EP In the End I Won’t Be Coming Home due for release on the 24 November via AAA Records (Troy Kingi, Kita) alongside the opening of pre-orders for the EP on CD, and a special vinyl release featuring the new EP on side A, and their debut 2012 EP Claimed by the Sea on side B – the first ever pressing of the fan-favourite to vinyl, eleven years on from its initial release.

In July 2023, the band entered the Surgery Studios in Wellington to record a new 4-track EP-following on from their Taite Prize nominated album The Overflow. After an intensive week, including a string quartet session at Roundhead Studio in Auckland, they emerged with an intricate collection titled In the End I won’t Be Coming Home. On the EP they are joined by Auckland’s Black Quartet who weave their way around the band deftly evoking the sounds of Aotearoa’s landscapes-a dawn chorus welcoming listeners in, the swirl and eddies of a swift river, and the blustery winds that whip around the Baring Head lighthouse.

The band’s 2012 EP Claimed by the Sea was also recorded with Lee Prebble at The Surgery, and the coming together of these two releases feels like a full circle moment. Claimed by the Sea helped the then-duo to garner international attention within the blogosphere of the time, and BBC 6 radio coverage.

The creation of the new EP (self-funded by the band) includes a song out today called Baring Head which explores privilege, power and the tension between art and money.

Watch a video filmed during the recording sessions for the EP below or listen here, also out on 29 September 2023.

Pre-order Information

Pre-order In the End I Won’t Be Coming Home x Claimed by the Sea on vinyl

Pre-order In the End I Won’t Be Coming Home on CD

Pre-save the EP In the End I Won’t Be Coming Home