Alternative
New Zealand
The Verlaines
About The Verlaines
Hometown
Dunedin, New Zealand
Formed
1981
Genre
Alternative
A literate and dramatic sector of New Zealand's Dunedin sound and Flying Nun circles, the Verlaines' disenchanted guitar pop has been an indie pop fixture since the early '80s. Formed around the jangly and excitable songwriting of vocalist/guitarist Graeme Downes, the band cycled through several lineup changes as they eked out albums over the years, keeping a consistent sound from their early singles (collected on 1987's brilliant Juvenilia) to '90s output like Way Out Where, all the way through to their tenth studio album, 2019's Dunedin Spleen.
Similar to: The Verlaines
Discover more music and artists similar to The Verlaines, like The Bats, The Chills, The Clean
