an auckland four-piece of the indie-pop / jangle / flying nun variety (stating their influenced by the likes of the chills, the clean, the verlaines, the 3ds, the bats etc) that formed in a 4-track capacity back in 2000. after shedding a couple of members the core unit of andrew maitai (drums) and ben barrett (guitar / vocals) soldiered on, establishing the powertool records label to release their bedroom recordings, and those of barretts solo alias – feyodor.
with new members matthew backhouse (bass / keys / vocals) and justin schilder, the line-up was complete, and powertool soon released their full length debut heroes & zeroes and the more acocmplished floorshow ep – the first to be mastered by finish producer mikeal h.
Discography
picks in bold
- floorshow ep [2001 powertool records PT001]
- heroes & zeroes [2002 powertool records PT003]
- sweetest friend / half way up tonight ep [2003 powertool records PT004]
- weirder than looney tunes [2004 powertool records PT014]