The Malchicks


In the second decade of the new millennium, there has been a re-emergence of bands who feature soft, near-buried vocals alongside a wall of fuzzy, dreamlike guitar melodies.

Yet this sonic approach first emerged back in the late 80s, giving birth to Auckland group, The Malchicks. The group had a solid fan base throughout New Zealand, but faded before they could make good on their early promise, disappearing in a haze of echoing, dreamlike guitar notes.

The Malchicks and The Nixons, September 1992
Photo credit: Jason Ennor collection
Malchicks - Mercury (Failsafe, 1995)
The Malchicks on tour, 1991
Malchicks - Everything (Failsafe, 2019)
This Too Will Pass
The Malchicks playing at the 95bFM Summer Series 1991, Albert Park, Auckland.
Photo credit: Grant Nicol
Malchicks - Lotus EP (Failsafe, 1991)
The Malchicks
Photo credit: Jason Ennor collection. Photo by Ian McRae.
Drive
Matthew Dalziel at The Lab. Photo by Ian McRae.
Photo credit: Jason Ennor collection
Matthew Dalziel, The Malchicks at 95bFM Summer Series 1991, Albert Park, Auckland.
Photo credit: Grant Nicol
Milestone
Simon Matthews, The Malchicks at 95bFM Summer Series 1991, Albert Park, Auckland.
Photo credit: Grant Nicol
Simon Matthews at The Lab
Photo credit: Jason Ennor collection
Coralie Martin recording at The Lab
Photo credit: Jason Ennor collection. Photo by Ian McRae.
Jason Ennor at The Lab
Photo credit: Jason Ennor collection. Photo by Ian McRae.
Gluepot, 1995
Photo credit: Jason Ennor collection
Coralie Martin, The Malchicks, 95bFM Summer Series 1991, Albert Park, Auckland.
Photo credit: Grant Nicol
The Malchicks on tour, 1991
Matt Dalziel and Coralie Martin - The Malchicks at 95bFM Summer Series 1991, Albert Park, Auckland.
Photo credit: Grant Nicol
The Malchicks in Hamilton, 1991
Photo credit: Jason Ennor collection
Labels:

Failsafe

Members:

Matthew Dalziel - vocals, guitar

Coralie Martin - vocals, guitar

Simon Matthews - guitar

Jason Ennor - drums

Lorna Kittel - drums

Trivia:

After Lorna Kittel had left the Malchicks, the drum stool was briefly occupied by Mark Pollard (from the Nixons) and he helped write a number of the songs on the Lotus EP. Jason Ennor then took over on drums, though he finally left the Malchicks to form a new band (Love Buzz) with two other musicians with connections to the Nixons – their sound engineer Andrew Buckton and Brendan Hooker (flatmate of Nixons’ singer Sean Sturm).

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