Restless Leg Announce Their First Ever New Zealand Tour
The gravitational pull of those influences has led the band to embark upon an inevitable pilgrimage back to the place of their musical provenance… Aotearoa/New Zealand, on their South by South tour 2025.
If Restless Leg's Dream Buet album of 2021 was a 'pandemic era album for the ages' (2SER 107.3 FM), then their most recent album Dance Around My Head (Sinister Porpoise Records, 2024) emerged from the introspection of that time to reckon with the daydreams that we all conjured for ourselves, our familial relationships, hopes for the future and the fantastic experience of living in the real world.
Dance Around My Head saw the band tour widely in Australia, with shows in Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney and surrounds, thrilling audiences and converting new fans to the Restless Leg sound – shaped by Velvet Underground-inspired guitars, shambolic Pavement-tinged country and sparky Flying Nun-inspired indie pop.
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