he Sneaks are built upon a love of great tunes and thanks to their unique stage presence and sheer infectiousness people are calling them the most exciting new band in NZ. Simple as that.

The Sneaks release their debut 6 track EP ‘You All Suck’ via Some Confusion on August 15th. ‘Kuzai Heart You Girl’ (track 4) may sound familiar: it’s the track BFM found from a burn that was floating around and ended up spending several weeks in their listeners chart reaching #1.

Some Confusion is a new label set up by Rob Jefferson who arrives in NZ following 15 years in the UK music industry causing trouble, and running labels.

Sneaks gigs quickly developed a special reputation and support nods came through rapidly from the likes of Idlewild, The Icarus Line, Trans Am, D4, Gerling, the Coolies and the Checks.

The Sneaks describe themselves as four Auckland based x-ray Ninja enthusiasts.

They listen to Prince, Fugazi, Pavement, Africa 70 and The 1910 Fruitgum Company while thinking about cheerleader zombies.

A rather good wordsmith going by the name of Duncan Grieve says: “they sound like someone took an axe to a 13 year old girl’s record collection and reassembled the debris”.

It’s noise, it’s chaotic, it’s more hooks per 30 seconds than most achieve in a lifetime. It fizzes, it’s punk, it’s infectious, it glitters, it’s pure and it’s kuzai.

It’s James Dansey (vocals and casiotone), Martin Keane (guitar), Matt Rayment (bass) and Daniel Ward (drums).

But mostly its robots. And pop.

1. You All Suck
2. Gimme Some Reparations
3. Hot Amyl Nitrate
4. Kuzai You Girl
5. French Tickler
6. North Shore Pussy

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