The Black Seeds

The Black Seeds triumphed at Auckland’s Powerstation with a show that very nearly didn’t happen.

The challenges of making this show happen were significant, with three shows already postponed, band members and management sick and travel disrupted.

On a night which promised the full experience of an East Coast frost, self-described “musical heaters” The Black Seeds brought their sunny sound to an appreciative Hawkes Bay audience.

The Black Seeds & L

Opening with their hit ‘Cool Me Down’ from 'Into The Dojo', The Black Seeds served us their best; a musical feast for the soul, their sound evolving over the years into their latest deep grooves.

The name said it all, "Mar being Spanish for sea and Haze just meaning haze," lead singer Pat Kelly mumbled into the microphone.

It's Friday night in Auckland City and the air is thick with anticipation; it is the eve of the elections and the possible chance of a change in government. But outside the historic Powerstation, it is a different form of anticipation that can be felt in the air