To celebrate the release of their new album, Tāwauwau, award winning Te Tiriti-based duo Aro performed three tracks for Rolling Stone AU/NZ.
Released on Friday, the album carries the hum of family life for Aro’s Charles and Emily Looker. It draws on their experiences during 2025 living full time on the road in their caravan, full of the laughter and quiet of raising children amidst mountains, coastlines, and open skies. It is a story of faith, whānau, and finding home – wherever the journey leads.
From the glimmering hope of first single “Puna Ora” to the restless tension of “Mundane”, Tāwauwau moves fluidly between the magical and the real. It’s a body of work that invites listeners to rediscover beauty, faith, and wonder within the ordinary – to glimpse the light that flickers through life’s complexity.
Following its release, Aro will share Tāwauwau with audiences across the motu on tour across New Zealand running from late March through early May 2026, including their album release at CubaDupa on March 28th-29th. See here for all upcoming shows.
Before their busy touring schedule, Aro performed a stripped back, acoustic Rolling Stone AU/NZ In My Room session. Watch it above!
Aro’s Tāwauwau is out now.
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