New Zealand juggernaut Fat Freddy’s Drop are back with their new studio album Special Edition Part 1.

Part 1 of a double album, Special Edition Part 1 was recorded at the band’s Wellington studio, BAYS. Of the six tracks, ‘Raleigh Twenty’ ‘Trickle Down’ and ‘Six-Eight Instrumental’ were written undercover in the studio while the other tracks, ‘Special Edition’, ‘Kamo Kamo’, and ‘OneFourteen’ have all evolved on the road with audiences worldwide.

The new album follows previous releases BAYS, Blackbird, Dr Boondigga & The Big BW and record-breaking Based on a True Story. The cover artwork for Special Edition Part 1 is by Wellington artist Otis Chamberlain, a continuing evolution from his creation for the album’s first single ‘Trickle Down’.