Singer-songwriter Chris Hurn (21), of Lower Hutt, played in bands such as Play it Strange 2007 winners the Lunch Box Boys, a 1960s-style indie-pop band.
He developed a love of folk music and went solo in late 2009.
His first album, titled Too Busy Dreamin', on Monkey Records, is based on the acoustic guitar and features Hurn playing all instruments, as well as mixing and producing.
The LP was recorded in 2010 in his Lower Hutt home studio and mastered by Dave Cooley (Serge Gainsbourg, Polyphonic Spree, Opensouls) in Los Angeles.
The suitably summery music video for the first single from the album, Whatcha Got, has also been released, ahead of his 13-date national tour.
Picks of the Week
TODAY 5pm: Jaime's Magic Fiddles play Irish tunes in Pog Mahone's Irish Bar, followed by Dunedin acoustic-electric duo Evolve at 10pm. Free.
• 7pm: Pat Pihama and Rowland Hartley play at Les Alpes restaurant. Free.
• 9pm: Empty Bottles play Dux de Lux. Free.
• 9pm: Deadlier than the Male, a Queenstown pop-rock covers band, play in the Pig and Whistle Pub. Free.
• 10pm: Synchronic and TAOS Sound System deliver all things bass heavy at Subculture. Free before midnight, $5 afterwards.
TOMORROW
• 9pm: Inside Out jam in Dux de Lux. Free.
• 9pm: Evolve plays Pog Mahone's. Free.
• 10pm: Queenstown DJs Keen and Eager play at Subculture. Free, then $5 after midnight.
SUNDAY
• 4pm: Queenstown duo Calico followed by DJ Ben Jamin, free from 8pm.
THURSDAY
• Noon: Calico launches St Patrick's Day festivities in Pog Mahone's, Also playing are Mutz Nutz (3pm), Charlie Gibson (6pm) and the GCs (9pm).
• 2pm: Mike Sleeman plays Irish covers in Dux de Lux. Free.
• 9.30pm: Queenstown five-piece band Mojo rock the Pig and Whistle. Free.
