Avantdale Bowling Club is the brainchild of Tom Scott, who is considered the voice of New Zealand’s hip-hop scene. His songs offer a compelling blend of jazz, soul, hip-hop and electronica, highlighting life on the other side of the world from a working-class perspective – from sad to celebratory, but always deeply penetrating.
With his 2018 self-titled album “Avantdale Bowling Club” and its 2022 follow-up “TREES,” which conquered the New Zealand album charts and received worldwide praise from NPR, Refuge Worldwide and Radio New Zealand, Scott proves time and again his unique talent for telling stories that stay with you.