Barnaby Weir: Fly My Pretties leader and co-founder on the band's return, 7th album

The Mike Hosking Breakfast

One of New Zealand’s most influential music groups is back after five years out of the game.

Fly My Pretties was first formed in 2004, and brought together musicians from a lot of well-known Kiwi bands to record live albums.

The cast includes musicians from the Black Seeds, Fat Freddy’s Drop, The Phoenix Foundation, and The Phoenix Foundation, among others, and was founded by Barnaby Weir and Mikee Tucker.

Tomorrow marks their first release in five years, with their seventh album ‘Elemental’.

Weir told Mike Hosking the project has turned out different to how he would have imagined it, but the core concept is still there.

“I hope that there’s still a lot of, y’know, more leads in it,” he said.

“This new album is really strong, and y’know, in the future, I might not be on the stage, I might be just more of a mental kind of character involved with it, but the concept can just, y’know, continue.”

And, as a special treat, Weir gave an exclusive, acoustic performance.

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