Sneaky Feelings

Sneaky Feelings
OriginDunedin, New Zealand
GenresDunedin rock
Years active1980–1989, 1992, 2017–present
LabelsFlying Nun Records
MembersMatthew Bannister
David Pine
John Kelcher
Martin Durrant
Past membersKat Tyrie
Ross Burge

Sneaky Feelings are a New Zealand pop rock band which releases on the Flying Nun Records music label. The band formed in 1980 with the line-up of Matthew Bannister (guitar & vocals), David Pine (guitar & vocals), Kat Tyrie (bass guitar & vocals) and Martin Durrant (drums & vocals). Tyrie was replaced by John Kelcher in 1984.[1] Durrant was temporarily replaced by Ross Burge in 1988 for the band's second tour of Europe.[2]

Sneaky Feelings are unusual among Dunedin sound bands in that all four members of the band sing and write songs. The jangle sound of the guitars and layered vocals drew their influence from the music of the Byrds and the Beatles, and comparisons can be made with some of California's Paisley Underground bands.[3]

The band's name comes from a song by Elvis Costello, "Sneaky Feelings", which is on his first album My Aim Is True (1977).

  1. ^ "Sneaky Feelings - New Zealand Musicians & Bands". www.muzic.net.nz. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Sneaky Feelings - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ^ "'I definitely had a chip on my shoulder': Matthew Bannister on the return of Sneaky Feelings". The Spinoff. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2020.