Thu 13 Nov 2025, 6:30 AM - 10:00 AM
The Penguin Club 1 Emulsion Lane Harbour Street Ōamaru 9400
High Altar is a two piece semi-improv instrumental assemblage, made up of Brendan Moran (Hasselhoff Expt, Subliminals, etc) and Taipua Adams (Terror of the Deep, The Perms). They are an intense crackle of spectral sounds; a potent audio tool built on a bare-bones structure of rhythm section components and added electronic timbre which alights a crooked path trailing sonic vortices with oscillatory behavior. In short - drum kit, bass guitar, atmospheric electronics. Sometimes heavy, sometimes fast and punchy. T
Local Support from Cuticles. Reviews describe Cuticles' music as a "barbed hook racket" of "lyrically astute, ramshackle garage pop," featuring short, catchy songs with a blend of melody, distortion, and melodic vocals. The band has been working recently on a follow up album to the 2023 record Major Works & is also currently prepping for an overseas tour in 2026.