Lake South takes the best of the Aotearoa New Zealand songwriting tradition and infuses it with raw emotion and electronics. Defiant, DIY, indie anthems for people who give a damn.
The band has released 3 critically acclaimed albums, with Graham Reid calling Lake an ‘electro-folk postcard poet of his doubting generation’.
Lake South has toured Canada, New Zealand and Australia, and was booked to play at SXSW 2020 before the world changed. The band played Camp a Low Hum in 2024 and Pōneke’s Cubadupa 2025 before they tour Aotearoa in June/July.
The current line-up features Theo Sekeris (Ras Judah, Rubita) on bass, Eddie Crawshaw (Sheep Dog & Wolf, Bonaparte) on drums, and Penelope Esplin (French for Rabbits, Eigenface) on harmonies and synths.
Their newest album ‘We lived our lives on top of this’ is out now.
All Lake South albums — Bandcamp
Lake South also released 5 albums as Urbantramper from 2003 – 2013.
“a titanic talent.” – The Revue.ca
“It’s a ripper!”” – Grant Smithies
“Earnest and acutely observed nostalgia turns into uplifting anthems time and again” – Alex Behan (Sunday Star Times)
“gorgeous pop gems…deft, heartfelt, funny.” – NZ Musician Magazine
“Recommended for both the misunderstood thinkers searching for meaning as they traverse this new world, and the shallow casuals looking to avoid it. Five out of five.”” – music.net.nz
“Complex, interesting, prematurely nostalgic . . . yet capturing the zeitgeist for his generation” – Elsewhere Music blog
“smart lyrics, tasteful synth and a distinct New Zealand accent” – The Wild Honey Pie
“Nostalgic, elegiac synth-pop meditations on what it means to be a 20/30-something in modern Aotearoa.” – National Library of NZ
“Encore un bien bel album à se mettre entre les oreilles!”” – ziklibrenbib.fr
lake(at)homealonemusic.co.nz