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 |
| Associated acts | The Hairy Family Jam Band |
| Website | http://www.thebollands.com |
| Members | Christian Bolland (vocals & guitar) Joyce Bolland (keyboard & vocals) Paul Maclean (drums) |
The Bollands are a 2-piece folk music band originally from New Zealand.
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.
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]
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]
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.
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