Hamilton Underground Press

He's only gone and done it again! For the third year straight, HUP's Max Johns has listened to all 83 albums up for the Taite Music Prize.

All 83 albums nominated for the 2026 Taite Music Prize, reviewed Our annual tour of the New Zealand music landscape.

We couldn't write a better The False Waltons review than this one if we tried, so here is music.nz's review.

[Also, they link to our earlier interview with the band, so there you go].

Album Review: The Purpose – Muzic.NZ On paper, they seem like the most unlikely band ever. Tauranga ‘brothers’ Marcus, Pete, and Ben Walton all have the kind of...