LEISURE / Ones To Watch

LEISURE

R&B / Soul / Electronic / Indie-Pop

LEISURE

From: Auckland, New Zealand

Related Artists: Two Another, slenderbodies

It’s the year of 2023, also known as the year of Leisurevision, as the New Zealand collective return with their 4th studio album - titled as such.

 In a world preoccupied with instant gratification and overnight success, LEISURE have been taking the scenic route. The five members - and mates - came together in 2015 on a spontaneous trip up New Zealand’s ragged west coast. At that stage, they’d independently spent years churning through the music machine’s tight jaws. Individually, the five are award winning songwriters, producers and creatives. Together, they resolved to carve out a new musical paradigm: cut the crap, enjoy the ride and above all, keep it LEISURE.

This ethos underpinned their critically acclaimed debut record, a hazy collection of funk-laced basslines and breathy vocals that make you want to crack open a cold one while floating down a river. Their follow up album Twister chucked this ethos in the blender, juxtaposing their chilled spirit with lyrics that trace the anxieties plaguing modern life.

 Third studio album Sunsetter was a 12-track release and a culmination of their 2020/2021 EP’s ‘SIDE A’ and ‘SIDE B’. As the world provided it’s challenges, the group decided to release the record in phases, “we wanted to release music that really made us ‘feel’ something, in real time, as we created it”. Hopeful that their musical vibrations would “accompany the human spirit on the escalator to the mad world ahead”, the album provided a deep dive into immersive waters, playing thematically between conscious and unconsciousness, embracing challenges and moving forward for the betterment of oneself.

 350+ million streams later, a collaboration with Goldlink, and sold out dates throughout NZ, Australia, UK, Europe and now USA, they’re doing something right.

Latest Album:

Back In Love - Single

Release Date:

August 11, 2023

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Band Videos

LEISURE - Back In Love (Official Audio)

LEISURE - All The Good Times Never Die ft. Night Tapes (Official Audio)

LEISURE - Always (Official Audio)

LEISURE - Summer Season (feat. Muroki)

From the Site

New Zealand's Coolest Band - LEISURE's 4th studio album "Leisurevision" Out Now!

September 29, 2023 Exclusive interview and track by track album breakdown! Find out which tracks are their personal favorites, who's on their Ones To Watch list and most memorable fan experience!

Author: Mina Liu

LEISURE

Bakar, LÉON, Ivy Sole, and More Artists You Should Be Listening To | #NowWatching

November 2, 2020 The Best New Music Playlist from Ones to Watch.

Author: Malc.

LEISURE

Bakar

BENEE

Now Watching

NowWatching

JAWNY

SAINt JHN

LEISURE Paves a Yellow Brick Road to Success with a 'TWISTER' of Psychedelic R&B [Q&A]

July 30, 2019 "As devout fans of music, we know that it's often more special to find something for yourself, on your own time. There's no rush; we're not going anywhere."

Author: Alissa Arunarsirakul

soul

pop

interview

R&B

psychedelic

album reviews

leisure

twister

LEISURE's Orgasmic Psychedelia Is Certainly "Too Much Of A Good Thing"

June 4, 2019 "It's about chasing the instant gratification that is so often promised and promoted in today's modern society and never quite being satisfied with the outcome."

Author: Alissa Arunarsirakul

soul

pop

R&B

psychedelic

too much of a good thing

LEISURE