Flying Nun Announce US Operation

Much celebrated New Zealand indie rock label Flying Nun have today announced increased operations in the United States as they team up with New York label Captured Tracks.

Together the labels are looking to reissue a number of out of print titles, including a number of particularly obscure releases from throughout the label's 31 year history. The first of these will be a 2 x LP collection of tracks from short-lived late 70s post-punks Toy Love (which was recently released in New Zealand with the help of Real Groovy Records) – the 29-track eponymous record to is set for release Tuesday 19 February.

The US chapter of the Christchurch based Flying Nun will join Captured Tracks in their Brooklyn office and their records will be distributed through Secretly Canadian in the US, Cargo in UK and Europe and Disk Union in Japan with details on other territories still to come.

Founder of Captured Tracks Mike Sniper mentioned in a statement that he always found the label's output to be inspiring.

“We at Captured Tracks are beyond ecstatic to work with Flying Nun Records for this series of reissues. As a young record collector, I always saw the label as a recommendation of quality and a constant source of inspiration. I would comb the shelves of every record store imaginable to secure anything and everything I could find. When I first heard the news that they'd bought back the rights, this partnership was something that was lingering in the back of my mind. I'm more than pleased that we can have any sort of involvement in revitalizing this amazing back catalog and returning it to record shelves the world over.”