The Bollands are a 2-piece folk music band originally from New Zealand.
Background
Formation 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.Shenzhen Daily, "The Bollands to bring folk to LOFT" , "Futian District Government, Shenzhen", 29 August 2013 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 writesJoe Henley, "Live Wire: Lost and found", The Taipei Times, May 09, 2014
In 2007, Christian and Joyce moved to Taiwan, and after returning to New Zealand for a time, they decided to return to Asia,Andrea Lo, "The Bollands", HK Magazine, 05 Jun 2014 this time to Hong Kong.Silke Hartung, "Ex Pat Files: The Bollands" , NZ Musician, April/May 2013 The Bollands first began playing through The Wanch, a local live music bar in Wan Chai, as well as The Underground.Shashwati Kala, "Live Review from CD 5 Launch Party B", The Underground, 12 May 2012 Since their arrival, The Bollands have become a mainstay of the local indie music scene,Hans Schlaikier, "Acoustic scene is finding its feet in Hong Kong", The South China Morning Post, 19 August 2012 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.李籽勳, "(第二輯) 第四十集 現場表演: The Bollands", Radio Television Hong Kong, 19 July 2012
The Bollands also played at the Spring Scream Festival in Kenting, Taiwan, in 2012"Spring Scream 2012", GigGuide.tw, 04 Apr 2012 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.
First Album 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. In April, 2013, The Bollands went on tour through Taiwan.heidi, "[香港] The Bollands港、台巡演即將開始", Bitetone, 26 March 2013
Paper Houses During the production of their second album, Paper Houses, drummer Paul Maclean (who is also the drummer for the Hong Kong metal band DP) joined the band. Paper Houses was launched in June, 2014 at a public event held at Hidden Agenda.Mark Tjhung, "The Bollands: Expanding foot-stomping folk" , TimeOut Hong Kong, June 2014 After the release of Paper Houses, The Bollands continued to tour around Asia.
All Of My Ghosts 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.
Discography
Albums The Underground #5: Breaking Through (compilation) (05.2012) The Underground HK, "Compilation CD #5", The Underground HK, May 2012 03. The Song That Keeps Her Up 04. The Old Chest Nut
The Bollands (2012) 01. When You Coming Home? 02. Sing to the Moon 03. Distort the Truth 04. A Drunk 05. What Have You Become? 06. Chestnut 07. Soapbox 08. Morning Tea 09. The Song That Keeps Her Up 10. Travel Song
Paper Houses (14.06.2014) 01. Inside 02. Bad Nights 03. Stalker 04. Down To The Bone 05. Broken Scene 06. Room For You 07. Rag Doll 08. Call Me When You Do 09. Light Of Day 10. A Preacher's Organ 11. Come By Grace 12. Been All Around This World
References
External links
The Bollands on Douban The Bollands on Facebook The Bollands' YouTube Channel The Bollands on Reverbnation The Bollands on Twitter