It's the first time The Datsuns have toured New Zealand in more than a year.
Despite the band now having 10 years of gigging on the clock, guitarist Christian Livingstone says it seems like the band has only just begun.
"It feels, to us, like we're just getting started in a strange way, because we've just found out who we are and what we like to do."
Livingstone remembers some of what went down the last time they played in town.
"Last time we played in Dunedin was in the student hall for Orientation, last year. We were a bit rusty and were plagued by technical problems but it was a lot of fun.
"I can't remember who played with us. We play a lot of shows and it's all a bit of a blur sometimes."
The Datsuns have released a new album Headstunts, which has spawned two singles so far.
The first single So Long was initially released digitally, together with an otherwise unreleased B-side called What's Happening To Me.
The video for the new single can be viewed on their website, thedatsuns.com.
Before heading out along the highways and byways of Aotearoa, The Datsuns were in northern parts, touring the UK and Ireland and venturing into Europe.
It is not all local for the band this month, as they jet off across the Tasman mid-April for the Cherry Rock Festival in Melbourne.
Headstunts has its US release this month.
Tour dates are "sure to follow shortly", according to the band's website..
There's no pause as far as the songwriting goes, Livingstone says.
"I'm also currently writing and recording some music for possible use on the next Datsuns record."
The CD release tour finishes in Queenstown on April 26, after which The Datsuns are to take a short break.
• Former Dunedin songwriter Hannah Howes plays a homecoming gig at Sammy's on the Friday before The Datsuns' visit, to celebrate the release of her new album Candy.
Hannah was born and bred in Dunedin and intially played as Sista Mischief.
Her reggae-infused folk-flecked sound has previously been captured on two independently released albums.
For Candy, Howes has enlisted a star-studded line-up of musicians, drawing on the talents of players from as diverse backgrounds as Rhombus, the Southern Sinfonia and Trinity Roots.
