Fur Patrol share their perfectly vibey weekend playlist for dreaming of warmer days.

Fur Patrol‘s Julia Deans, Andrew Bain and Simon Braxton can all agree on one thing when it comes to visualising the perfect weekend: anywhere warmer than here.

Luckily, you don’t need warm weather to enjoy Fur Patrol, just a bevy and some good company. For Braxton, it’s “sitting on the deck in the sun, with coffee in hand. Then later after a bit of this and that and other whatnot and faff, sitting on the deck in the sun with a beer in hand, talking some nonsense with whoever’s about and wants to sit on a deck in the sun talking nonsense with me. By the way, free Palestine.”

Twenty years on from the release of their second album Collider, the band are back together for a tour through Auckland, Christchurch and Nelson in September, after they take on Wellington’s Great Sounds Great festival at the end of August. Bain says the band “thought it would be fun to  do a couple of shows in other cities to a) maximise the benefits of bringing Simon over from Melbourne and b) because we like playing music together and don’t get to do it nearly enough these days, so this was the perfect excuse.”

As the band prepares to make its way around Aotearoa, check out their picks for the perfect weekend tunes, while you prepare to embrace warmer temperatures (reminder: there’s only 37 days of winter left).

Anna Coddington– ‘Gainz’

From her new album Te Whakamiha, which came out on Matariki. The whole album’s a banger, but this song is an angular piece of post-punk joy – like Codz chugged a Gang Of Four coffee with a Prince brioche for breakfast. OK, my analogy might be a lumpy, but you get the idea.  [JD]

Led Zeppelin – ‘Nobody’s Fault But Mine’

There’s a lot to be said for taking personal responsibility/accountability. Sometimes having a big dirty riff can help you face the music. [JD]

Betty Davis – ‘They Say I’m Different’

It’s such a solid groove! Betty was pure fire and so ahead of her time. If you can track them down, I highly, highly recommend Mike Judge’s Tales From The Tour Bus series. Just recently rewatched, and Betty’s story is at once inspiring and so sad, and all too common for women in the music industry. [JD]

DIIV – ‘Druun’

DIIV is the kind of band I wanted to be in in my early 20s. [AB]

Amen Dunes – ‘Blue Rose’ 

I like how it’s just a groove that doesn’t seem to go anywhere, just like me a bit. This is the first time I’ve realised that’s probably why I like this tune. [AB]

Soft Plastics – ‘Someone Else’

Just some timeless dreamscape pop from Te Whanganui a Tara. [AB]

Grace Jones – ‘Walking in the Rain’ 
Track one on her awesome Nightclubbing album from 1981. This song conjures Sunday mornings for me. I like to crank this album while pottering about getting the coffee on and attempting to decide if the eggs should be poached or scrambled … [SB]

Cola – ‘Water Table’

Some killer post-punk inspired art-rock from this Canadian 3 piece (gotta love a power trio!). These guys are masters of taut, angular grooves and creating space in the sound. This one’s probably best suited to a Saturday night house party type scenario. [SB]

Deerlady – ‘There There’

A beautiful track from their debut album Greatest Hits (how good is THAT title for a debut!?!?). A shimmering Sunday sunset over water vibe. The album is great too, with some of the songs featured on the TV series Reservation Dogs. I highly recommend you check out both! [SB]

Tom Lark – ‘Dumb Luck’

A song that could be the soundtrack for life as a human. Best laid plans, whatever. Dumb luck so often feels like the ultimate deciding factor. But in a turn of genuinely good luck, Tom is coming with us for our Nelson, Lyttelton and Auckland shows!