The Bollands
The Bollands | |
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 The Bollands at Brown Sugar Jar (Shenzhen, China, April 2014). | |
| Background information | |
| Origin |  New Zealand |
| Genres | "Foot-stomping folk", Folk music, Indie folk |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Monkey Records |
| Members | Christian Bolland (vocals & guitar) Joyce Bolland (keyboard & vocals) Paul Maclean (drums) |
| Website | http://www.thebollands.com |
The Bollands are a 2-piece folk music band originally from New Zealand.
Background[edit]
Formation[edit]
The Bollands were founded by Christian and Joyce Bolland; a husband-and-wife duo from New Zealand. Joyce's background was mostly related to the classical arts, such as classical piano and dance. Contrastly, Christian was raised in a less formal environment, having grown up travelling around New Zealand in his family's house truck.[1] Christian Bolland is the main songwriter of the group, and was part of a Christian cult for around five years, and cites this as a strong influence on the music that he writes[2]
In 2007, Christian and Joyce moved to Taiwan, and after returning to New Zealand for a time, they decided to return to Asia,[3] this time to Hong Kong.[4] The Bollands first began playing through The Wanch, a local live music bar in Wan Chai, as well as The Underground.[4][5] Since their arrival, The Bollands have become a mainstay of the local indie music scene,[6] performing at numerous music showcases and festivals. In 2012, The Bollands were featured on the government-run RTHK programs '藝坊星期天' (Art Square Sunday) in 2012.[7]
The Bollands also played at the Spring Scream Festival in Kenting, Taiwan, in 2012[8] and Cloceknflap (Hong Kong), Zandari Festa (South Korea), Mu:Con (South Korea), Booshkabash (China), The Auckland Folk Festival (New Zealand). They have also toured Asia, The USA and New Zealand extensively.
First Album[edit]
The Bollands first, self-titled, album was a collection of songs that they had written in the two or three years previous, which they had played in bars and at music festivals around Asia and New Zealand.[3] In April, 2013, The Bollands went on tour through Taiwan.[9]
Paper Houses[edit]
During the production of their second album, Paper Houses, drummer Paul Maclean (who is also the drummer for the Hong Kong metal band DP[10]) joined the band.[3] Paper Houses was launched in June, 2014 at a public event held at Hidden Agenda.[11] After the release of Paper Houses, The Bollands continued to tour around Asia.[12]
All Of My Ghosts[edit]
The band's third album was recorded in Auckland, New Zealand in May 2016 at Lab Studios. It will be released in February 2017 under New Zealand & Berlin based record label, Money Records.
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
- The Underground #5: Breaking Through (compilation) (05.2012) [13]
- 03. The Song That Keeps Her Up
- 04. The Old Chest Nut
- The Bollands (2012)
- 01. When You Coming Home?
- 02. Sing to the Moon
- 03. Distort the Truth
- 04. A Drunk
- 05. What Have You Become?
- 06. Chestnut
- 07. Soapbox
- 08. Morning Tea
- 09. The Song That Keeps Her Up
- 10. Travel Song
- Paper Houses (14.06.2014)
- 01. Inside
- 02. Bad Nights
- 03. Stalker
- 04. Down To The Bone
- 05. Broken Scene
- 06. Room For You
- 07. Rag Doll
- 08. Call Me When You Do
- 09. Light Of Day
- 10. A Preacher's Organ
- 11. Come By Grace
- 12. Been All Around This World
References[edit]
- ^ Shenzhen Daily, "The Bollands to bring folk to LOFT" Archived 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, "Futian District Government, Shenzhen", 29 August 2013
- ^ Joe Henley, "Live Wire: Lost and found", The Taipei Times, May 09, 2014
- ^ a b c Andrea Lo, "The Bollands", HK Magazine, 05 Jun 2014
- ^ a b Silke Hartung, "Ex Pat Files: The Bollands" Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, NZ Musician, April/May 2013
- ^ Shashwati Kala, "Live Review from CD 5 Launch Party B", The Underground, 12 May 2012
- ^ Hans Schlaikier, "Acoustic scene is finding its feet in Hong Kong", The South China Morning Post, 19 August 2012
- ^ 李籽勳, "(第二輯) 第四十集 現場表演: The Bollands", Radio Television Hong Kong, 19 July 2012
- ^ "Spring Scream 2012", GigGuide.tw, 04 Apr 2012
- ^ heidi, "[香港] The Bollands港、台巡演即將開始", Bitetone, 26 March 2013
- ^ Leese, Samantha; Maar, Dwight. "Best Hong Kong bands to rock out with". CNN Travel. CNN. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ Mark Tjhung, "The Bollands: Expanding foot-stomping folk" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, TimeOut Hong Kong, June 2014
- ^ "The Bollands are currently trekking around Taiwan as part of a larger Asian tour". The Taipei Times. May 9, 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ The Underground HK, "Compilation CD #5", The Underground HK, May 2012