Push Push Release a Brand New EP ‘The Truth’, Their First New Music Since 2017
Push Push Release a Brand New EP ‘The Truth’, Their First New Music Since 2017
February 6th, 2026
Push Push are thrilled to announce the release today of their brand new EP ‘The Truth’.
Emerging from deep in the suburbs of Auckland’s North Shore in the mid-1980s, Push Push was forged by a group of young music lovers obsessed with everything loud and vivid. Vocalist Mikey Havoc, guitarist Andy Kane, bassist Steve Abplanalp, and later drummer Scott Cortese and guitarist Shayne Silver, forged their path playing any gig they could find, and selling cassettes of their demos in local record stores and mail order.
Their breakthrough came in 1991 with the hyper-charged single ‘Trippin’. Together with an hallucinogenic video and rip-roaring refrain, the song spent six weeks at No.1 on the charts – an extraordinary achievement at a time when local rock acts rarely broke into the mainstream. Debut album A Trillion Shades of Happy arrived in early 1992, peaking at No.3, staying in the charts for months, and earning them the Best Group and Best Live Act award at the 1992 New Zealand Music Awards.
In 2017, after 20 years apart, the band rekindled their brotherly love at Auckland’s famous Mexican Cafe, and proceeded to pick up where they left off, releasing the Talk 2 Me EP, a compelling clip to go with it, and touring with UK band The Darkness.
Fast forward to February 2026 and Push Push return with a brand-new five-track EP, signalling not just a reunion but a reinvention.
‘The Truth’ EP features the brand new songs ‘The Truth’, ‘Under The Eye’, the deeply personal ’Skin’, the grunty ‘Sleep In The Morning’, and an explosive re-working of live favourite, ‘Euphoric Plunder In Bliss’.
The release coincides with live dates in New Zealand celebrating the 35th anniversdary of ‘Trippin”, and underscores the band’s legacy as pioneers of Kiwi rock who never lost sight of the blood-pumping thrill of music, reaffirming their place in New Zealand music history.
Push Push – North Island Tour February 2026, with special guests Snuffer, Fork, and Corrosive Moses
Proudly presented by Plus1
Thursday 19 February – HAMILTON, Last Place with Snuffer
Friday20 February – AUCKLAND, Double Whammy with Snuffer
Saturday 20 February – HELENSVILLE, The Original Kapiara Taven with Fork
*New venue
Sunday 21 February – MT MAUNGANUI, Totara St with Corrosive Moses
Tickets and Info: www.plus1.co.nz
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