Tiny Ruins are a musical ensemble from Auckland, New Zealand.
History Tiny Ruins began as an alias for singer-songwriter Hollie Fullbrook, who recorded as a solo artist prior to 2009.Tiny Ruins at Allmusic Fullbrook recorded an EP with singer-songwriter Lieven Scheerlink in 2010 under the name Tiny Ruins and toured Europe for the first time with him and Ana Franco from Coffee & Wine. In 2011, she recorded the full-length Some Were Meant for Sea. She then opened for Fleet Foxes and toured internationally with Calexico and Beach House. After adding Cass Basil and Alexander Freer to the lineup, Tiny Ruins recorded a second album, Brightly Painted One, which was released in 2014.Review, NMEReview, Pop Matters Guitarist Tom Healy and violinist Siobhanne Thompson performed on the album and appeared with the group on subsequent tours.Live Review, New Zealand Herald Brightly Painted One was awarded Best Alternative Album at the New Zealand Music Awards in November 2014.Tiny Ruins wins VNZMA for Best Alternative Album. 3News, 20 November 2014.
In 2016, Fullbrook teamed up with Hamish Kilgour and former Terrorways, Gary Havoc & The HurricanesRadio New Zealand Tiny Ruins & Hamish KilgourSimon Grigg The Terrorways (12.78 – 11.79) drummer Gary Hunt for the Hurtling Through release.
All four Tiny Ruins albums have been shortlisted for the Taite Music Prize.
Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions NZ Some Were Meant for Sea Released: 1 May 2011 Label: Spunk Records, Own Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming 35 Brightly Painted One Released: 5 May 2014 Label: Flying Nun Records, Spunk, Arch Hill Recordings Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming 19 Olympic Girls Released: 1 February 2019 Label: Ursa Minor, Milk! Records, Marathon Artists, Ba Da Bing! Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming 11 Ceremony Released: 28 April 2023 Label: Ursa Minor, Milk!, Marathon, Ba Da Bing! Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming 9
Extended plays + List of extended plays Title Album details Little Notes Released: 6 December 2010 Label: Underused Records, HI54LOFI Records Formats: CD, digital download, streaming Haunts Released: 19 April 2013 Label: Spunk Formats: CD, 10", digital download, streaming Hurtling Through Released: 27 November 2015 Label: Bella Union, Flying Nun, Spunk Formats: CD, 12", digital download, streaming
Singles + List of singles, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Me at the Museum, You in the Wintergardens"2014Brightly Painted One "Carriages" "Dream Wave" 2016 "How Much" 2018 Olympic Girls "Olympic Girls" "School of Design" "Holograms" 2019 "One Million Flowers"Olympic Girls (Solo) "My Love Leda" "The Crab / Waterbaby" 2023 Ceremony "Dorothy Bay" "Dogs Dreaming" "Out of Phase"
Other charted songs Title Year Peak chart positions Album NZArtist "Bird in the Thyme" 2014 6 Some Were Meant for Sea
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