Lindon Puffin

Featured Artist:

July 2012

Musician, raconteur, ﬁsherman, weather reporter

Imposing himself on the national psyche as frontman of glam rock group ʻThe Pufﬁnsʼ during the late 90', Lindon Pufﬁn morphed into one of the countries hardest working solo troubadours, tirelessly touring the country, performing alongside the top echelon of national and international artists. Renowned for his entertaining upbeat rockabilly folk style and anarchic banter, Pufﬁnʼs 2007 album 'Show Pony' reached the top 20 while his hilarious music touring road movie 'Figure 8000' screened many times on C4 Music and Sky TV's Documentary Channel.

Following an extensive world tour in 2008, Pufﬁn assembled a motley all star band & began work on his third album 'Drink Like Police'. However while ﬁlming the video for the ﬁrst single in his hometown of Lyttelton, they were caught up in the February 22nd earthquake and plans to release the album were put on hold. Pufﬁn then joined forces with fellow Lytteltonians The Eastern, Delaney Davidson, The Unfaithful Ways & others to record and tour a fundraising album entitled The Harbour Union which eventually reached number 18 in the charts with all proceeds going to quake related charities.

Drink Like Police became the more appropriately titled 'Hope Holiday' and was eventually released in November of 2011 reaching number 10 on the iTunes charts snugly between Gotye and Mumford & Sons. The ﬁrst single 'Outta Reach' has received widespread radio & video play and has just been shortlisted for the APRA Silver Scroll NZ Song Of The Year. Meanwhile the album has been receiving rave reviews with Graham Reid from the NZ Herald awarding it 4.5 stars and describing it as Tom Petty like swirling pop which hints at Crowded House & New Wave equally” while Marty Duda of Radio NZ awarded it 2nd best NZ album of the year & 12th best international release of 2011.

In August this year, Pufﬁn teams up again with the mighty Eastern, Delaney Davidson & Marlon Williams (of the Unfaithful Ways) for an ambitious 15 date nationwide tour of town halls & theatres.

Calling the tour 'The Lyttelton Rough House Revival', the show promises to be an evening of uplifting foot-stomping rockabilly folk & country with compact solo sets culminating in a massive all in throw down that'll send you swaggering into night full of ﬁre & fervor!

Lindon also hosts the drive show on RDU every Monday from 4 - 6pm

Upcoming Dates

Wunderbar - Sat Aug 11th
Supporting Mark Gardiner (of UK band Ride)

Lyttelton Rough House Revival Tour': 15 shows from Aug 22 - Sept 9
(More details coming soon!)

Otherwise you can catch Lindon Puffin at any of his weekly song book gigs at Pomeroys, The Brewery, Wunderbar & Monday Room.
(See our events section for when he's playing next)