Medium Build | Big Fan, Auckland — live event
<p><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">Medium Build</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU"> is playing four new unique </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">New Zealand</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU"> dates playing intimate venues; </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">Big Fan, Auckland </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">on </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">Thursday 30 January, Awakino Hotel, Awakino </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">on</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU"> Friday 31 January, The Yard, Raglan</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU"> on</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU"> Saturday 1 February</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU"> and </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">Palace Tavern, Tauranga </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">on </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">Sunday 2 February</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">. </span></p><p><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">Medium Build, </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">the queer singer-songwriter born </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">Nick Carpenter</span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">, has a generous and inviting spirit that manifests in his songwriting. Medium Build built a cult following in Anchorage, Alaska, where he became a local celebrity and hometown hero, before making the recent move to Nashville, moving closer to his southern roots and dedicating himself to his musical career.</span><span data-ccp-props='{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559740":276}'> </span></span></p><p><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">Most recently, Medium Build released the five-track EP </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">Marietta</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">(out now via Universal Music Australia, </span><a href="https://mediumbuild.lnk.to/MariettaEP" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-AU"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">here</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">) </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">- </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">named after the town outside of Atlanta, Georgia where Carpenter grew up – where the songs cover the central tenets of his time there: his parents looking for opportunity, his relationship with the church and the angst and longing of his adolescence. </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bam4wQJcVI&list=PLoBe9RIMwtpYWisVHlTnIfpCgI1nE7JOv" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-AU"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Marietta</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU"> features ‘</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5cANj6szmA" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-AU"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Yoke</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"> (with Julien Baker)</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">’ of the band boygenius, ‘</span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2PSzv4iDxvcbfTHL11obmh?si=O3zNqzuRS92qRC688ZkfXA" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-AU"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Triple Marathon</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">’ and ‘</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6A-rKqc0ps" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-AU"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">John & Lydia</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">’. </span><span data-ccp-props='{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559740":276}'> </span></p><p><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-AU">As a musician with a nomadic lifestyle, Nick Carpenter often enters spaces as a stranger and leaves with lifelong friends. The creator of Medium Build possesses a connective charisma that shows in his songs and performances-which can seem like equal parts concerts, testimony, and stand-up comedy.</span> </p><p><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">Medium Build’s vision is to take the sense of community his music creates far beyond wherever he calls home. </span><span data-ccp-props='{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559740":276}'> </span></p>
Starts: 2025-01-30T20:00:00Z
Ends: 2025-01-30T23:30:00Z
Where: 25 McDonald Street, Auckland, Auckland 1025, New Zealand
Price: $0.0