So Below to Open for the Naked and Famous iHeartradio Show

January 9th 2017
Madeline North aka So Below now brings her enigmatic goth pop styles to the Logan Campbell Centre stage, joining The Naked And Famous for their Auckland show next month.

Fresh off the back of her mesmerising live show at Auckland's REC on December 23rd, and a slickly performed live to air on Radio NZ's Music 101, Madeline North aka So Below now brings her enigmatic goth pop styles to the Logan Campbell Centre stage, joining The Naked And Famous for their Auckland show next month.

Bought to you by iHeartRadio, The Naked And Famous play the free gig to ticket winners on January 10th as part of the international tour around the group's recently released third album, Simple Forms. Aaron Short and Jesse Wood from The Naked And Famous will be doubling down on the live duties for the night, also performing as part of the So Below line-up.

Setting 2017 off with a bang, this support announce wraps up an industrious 2016 which saw North release her self-titled EP in May to a #5 NZ iTunes chart debut, plus top 30 placements for two tracks through Spotify Canada's Viral Chart and the influential HypeMachine Chart. Produced by NZers Aaron Short, Sam McCarthy and Leroy Clampitt the debut EP also inspired a remixed version, including reworks by Taste Nasa, XY&O, Mirror Manor and Luxley which released in September 2016 to solid local student radio support.

North now releases her latest single Hard, earning the contagiously catchy single rave reviews from local and international music press alike. With an add to Spotify's prestigious New Music Friday playlists in the USA and Canada, and clocking in at over 146k streams and climbing, North's track has also caught the attention of US 80's electro pop master Memoryy, who has lent his practiced remix touch to Hard's hook laden ear worm to create his own infectious, synth-filled groove - further propelling So Below's sound to a number 12 debut on the Hype Machine remix charts.

Directed by Los Angeles based director Susie Francis, the video for Hard is currently in post-production and is due to drop January 2017.

With support from notable sites such as i-D, V Magazine, Hilly Dilly, Neon Gold, Sniffers, The Line of Best Fit and Huffington Post, So Below is lining up to be the NZ artist to watch for 2017.

Hard is available for purchase now from iTunes and streaming through Spotify

Listen to the Memoryy remix of Hard through Soundcloud
Listen to So Below's live to air and interview with Alex Behan on RNZ"s Music 101

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