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| Leave Love Out of This | ||||
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| Released | July 16, 2021 | |||
| Recorded | 2017–2020 | |||
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| Labels | Slow Time Records (NZ/UK/EU), Misra Records (North America), Flippin' Yeah Records (Australia) | |||
| Producer | Jonathan Pearce | |||
| Anthonie Tonnon chronology | ||||
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Leave Love Out of This is the third studio album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Anthonie Tonnon, released on 16 July 2021 through Nadia Reid's label Slow Time Records in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Europe, Misra Records in North America, and Flippin' Yeah Records in Australia.[1] It was Tonnon's first album since 2015's Successor and his first release on Slow Time Records, as well as the label's first release by an artist other than founder Nadia Reid.[2] The album reached number 9 on the NZ Top 40 Albums Chart and number 2 on the NZ Artist Albums Chart in its opening week, Tonnon's first top-10 placing in New Zealand,[3] and went on to win the 2022 Taite Music Prize.[4]
Background and recording
[edit]Tonnon wrote the bulk of the album during an extensive touring period following Successor, during which he supported Nadia Reid in Europe, The Veils in the United States, and The Chills, The Phoenix Foundation and Don McGlashan in New Zealand.[5] Tonnon and longtime collaborator Jonathan Pearce of The Beths — who had also produced Successor and The Beths' Aotearoa Music Awards Album of the Year winner Jump Rope Gazers — workshopped songs between tours, often recording new parts as live versions of the songs developed, with recording sessions taking place between 2017 and 2020.[2][5] During this period, Tonnon incorporated new technology into his live shows, including the Wellington-designed Synthstrom Deluge synthesiser, which he later used to control music and lighting for his planetarium show A Synthesized Universe.[2]
Where Successor was recorded using what Tonnon described as 1970s-style recording technology, Leave Love Out of This moved toward electronically generated percussion and textures blurring organic and synthesised sound.[6] Pearce described the album's approach as "our idea of what it sounds like when digital meets the fleshy. We have blunt fingers and thumbs, and we have to create handles and knobs and sliders for ourselves."[6] The song "Peacetime Orders" grew out of Tonnon's soundtrack work for RNZ's Cold War-era podcast The Service, whose theme had originated from the song's outro.[3]
Announcing the release on Slow Time Records, Nadia Reid said: "Having toured extensively both nationally and internationally with Tono, and being a fan since forever, it's a perfect fit that he let Slow Time release his album. Every live show I see of Anthonie's, I witness his craft getting sharper."[1]
Release
[edit]Leave Love Out of This was preceded by the singles "Old Images" (2018) and "Mataura Paper Mill" (2020), followed by "Entertainment" as the lead single ahead of the album's announcement, accompanied by a video produced by Sports Team (collaborators of The Beths) and starring Tonnon, Pearce, Sports Team, and mixed-media artist Erica Sklenars.[7] "Two Free Hands" followed as a further single, and "Peacetime Orders" was released as the album's fourth single in November 2021, with a video directed by Waiheke Island filmmaker and animator Kristy Pearson.[3] The album was released on CD and vinyl, including a green vinyl Deluxe Edition LP with a bonus 7-inch record containing an additional eight minutes of music.[5]
Tonnon toured the album with a full band for the first time since 2018, the line-up featuring Stuart Harwood on hybrid electric/acoustic drums, David Flyger on bass guitar and synthesised bass, and Nadia Reid collaborator Sam Taylor on electric guitars and percussion, alongside a rotating cast of synthesiser players including Steph Brown (of Lips) and Brooke Singer (of French for Rabbits).[1][8] The tour, originally planned for late 2021, was rescheduled due to COVID-19 restrictions to begin on 5 March 2022, visiting venues including the Hollywood Avondale in Auckland and the 122-year-old Royal Whanganui Opera House.[3][1]
Critical reception
[edit]Leave Love Out of This received widespread critical praise in New Zealand and internationally, including coverage from The Listener, RNZ's The Sampler, the Sunday Star-Times, Paste, and Melbourne's Triple R.[3] Writing in The Listener, Graham Reid praised "the astute juxtaposition of the personal and the political, where social issues revolve around people up against family, lovers, corporate entities or bureaucracy," concluding that "at heart, love is the pivot."[9] Paste's Lizzie Manno wrote that Tonnon "uses character sketches and historical fiction to illustrate the melodrama of the present mundanity," praising his depiction of "callous corporations" and "the shifting sands of optimism and pessimism within each generation."[9] Writing for Stuff, Alex Behan said Tonnon "makes music for a broken world," noting his ability to bring "the same dramatic passion and intensity" to subjects like a toxic workplace or job insecurity that other songwriters reserve for broken hearts.[9] American outlet Atwood Magazine called the album "incredibly epic in scope, vision, and scale, while remaining a surprisingly vulnerable, relatable, and accessible record," comparing Tonnon's sound to Beirut, San Fermin and Bahamas.[10]
The album was placed at number 11 on RNZ's list of the top 20 New Zealand albums of 2021, with reviewer Annabel Keane asking, "Who else builds worlds into their songs better than Tonno?"[11] In 2025, Rolling Stone Australia included the album at number 31 in its list of the 80 best New Zealand albums of the 2020s so far, writing that it was "lush with synths and full of storytelling that's personal, political, and poetic," delivered "with quiet power and rare clarity."[12]
Accolades
[edit]Leave Love Out of This won the 2022 Taite Music Prize, New Zealand's award for the best album released the previous year, with Tonnon calling the album, on accepting the award, "the pinnacle of what I've aimed for as a musician. It's the novel to us musicians."[13] The title track, co-written with Jonathan Pearce, was a top-5 finalist for the APRA Silver Scroll in 2021 — Tonnon's second time placing in the award's top five — and the album was also nominated for Te Kaipuoro Manohi Toa / Best Alternative Artist at the Aotearoa Music Awards.[3]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Anthonie Tonnon.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Entertainment" | |
| 2. | "Two Free Hands" | |
| 3. | "Old Images" | |
| 4. | "Leave Love Out of This" | |
| 5. | "When I'm Wrong" | |
| 6. | "Christopher" | |
| 7. | "Peacetime Orders" | |
| 8. | "Mataura Paper Mill" |
Personnel
[edit]Adapted from vinyl and CD retailer listings.[5][14]
- Anthonie Tonnon – vocals, songwriting
- Jonathan Pearce – production, additional writing
- Touring band
- Stuart Harwood – drums
- David Flyger – bass, synthesised bass
- Sam Taylor – electric guitar, percussion
- Steph Brown – synthesisers, samples
- Brooke Singer – synthesisers, samples
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| New Zealand (Top 40 Albums) | 9 |
| New Zealand (NZ Artist Albums) | 2 |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Anthonie Tonnon Releases New Album Leave Love Out Of This". muzic.net.nz. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 "New Song Of The Day: Anthonie Tonnon – Entertainment". 13th Floor. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Anthonie Tonnon – Peacetime Orders: New Song Of The Day". 13th Floor. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
- ↑ Jack, Amberleigh (2022-05-29). "Anthonie Tonnon the big winner at Taite Music Prize 2022". Stuff. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
- 1 2 3 4 "Leave Love Out Of This". Diverse Vinyl. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Anthonie Tonnon Announces New Album w/ Single + Video". Flying Nun Records. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
- ↑ "Anthonie Tonnon". Terrorbird Media. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
- ↑ "HBAF 2022 – Anthonie Tonnon – Leave Love Out of This". Eventfinda. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Leave Love Out Of This wins the Taite Music Prize". Anthonie Tonnon. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
- ↑ Vieau, Mitch. ""Subtropical Post-Industrial Urbanism": Anthonie Tonnon Dives into Vast, New LP, 'Leave Love Out of This'". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
- ↑ "RNZ's Top 20 albums of 2021". RNZ. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
- ↑ Downs, Sarah. "The 80 Best New Zealand Albums of the 2020s (So Far)". Rolling Stone Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
- ↑ Jack, Amberleigh (2022-05-29). "Anthonie Tonnon the big winner at Taite Music Prize 2022". Stuff. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
- ↑ "Leave Love Out of This (CD)". Mighty Ape. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
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