Marlon Williams announces first Māori language album 'Te Whare Tīwekaweka'.
Marlon Williams announces first Māori language album 'Te Whare Tīwekaweka'.
Marlon Williams has officially announced his first Māori language album, 'Te Whare Tīwekaweka' - set for release on April 4th. The lead single from the record is out now titled 'Aua Atu Rā'.
He shares on the track: "‘Aua Atū Ra’ has existed as a song since May 2019. My stumbling around in flawed, simple Māori in my Lyttelton bedroom studio, spurned on by the thought of writing a depressively isolationist rebuttal to the above whakatauki, was the moment that kickstarted the record. It speaks to something universal, but especially pertinent to Te Ao Māori’s collectivist culture, that I’ve always found difficult to square. We ARE all in the same boat, and as the British literary pundit GK Chesterton added to the picture, ‘we owe each other a terrible loyalty,’ and yet are at once utterly alone."
The album also features a collaboration with Lorde on track 'Kāhore He Manu E'.
The full tracklist is below:
1. E Mawehe Ana Au
2. Kei Te Mārama
3. Aua Atu Rā
4. Me Uaua Kē
5. Korero Māori
6. Ko Tēnā Ua
7. Whakamaettia Mai
8. Ngā Ara Aroha
9. Huri te Whenua (Featuring KOMMI)
10. Kuru Pounamu
11. Kāhore He Manu E (Featuring Lorde)
12. Pānaki
13. Rere Mai Ngā Rau
14. Pōkaia Rā te Marama
Listen to 'Aua Atu Rā' below...
