Te Whanganui-a-Tara’s dream pop luminariesFrench For Rabbits mark just over a decade of releases with their new EP, In the End I Wont Be Coming Home, available on compact disc and limited edition vinyl backed with their debut EP, Claimed by the Sea.

Both were recorded at The Surgery in Wellington with Lee Prebble, neatly bookending songwriter Brooke Singer and guitarist John Fitzgerald’s remarkable journey with FFR so far.

On the EP French For Rabbits are joined by classic ensemble The Black Quartet who weave their way around the band. The string arrangements and immaculate instrumentation deftly evoking dramatic landscapes and vast emotions.

“their musics beating heart is often shrouded by atmospherics and mystique, and they seem to operate under the rightful assumption