Part Death Cab for Cutie, part Owl City, the song, conceived by Auckland folk musician Dave Baxter in the rafters of the Kourawhero Town Hall, debuted at No1 on the New Zealand charts in 2011, and was also used as part of a prominent TV2 advertising campaign.
Three years later, with his sophomore album waiting patiently in the wings, Baxter is getting back to where it all began, paying tribute to his debut album with a string of intimate shows around the country including a stop in Dunedin on November 1 at Chick's Hotel.
Touring in a campervan, Baxter will visit most of small-town New Zealand on Avalanche City's most extensive national tour jaunt since 2012's Winery Tour.
For Baxter, the tour will be a return to provincial charm as a songwriter.
''This is my dream tour. I haven't played solo in little shows for so long, not since Love, Love, Love went crazy,'' says Baxter.
''I'm really looking forward to the chance to sit with an audience and play some of the quieter songs I haven't had a chance to play on big stages; just me and an acoustic guitar.''
Fans will also get a chance to hear some new tracks from the upcoming Avalanche City record, slated for an early 2014 release.
Accompanying Baxter on the road will be fellow troubadour Luke Thompson.
Thompson is the perennial traveller, having spent the better part of this year touring his 2012 album To The Common Dark. A long-time collaborator with Baxter, Thompson will be road-testing new tunes being crafted for his third album as well as debuting the video for his single Walls, which they recorded together.
Joining the pair in Dunedin is special guest Holly Arrowsmith, a blues/folk musician hailing from Queenstown. Tickets for these intimate shows are limited, so if you want the chance to perhaps hear the next break-out single echoing through Chick's Hotel, get in early.
• Following on the heels of Thursday's evening of Smiths and Morrissey covers, Queens tonight hosts the music of another seminal British band, Joy Division. Christchurch-based Permanence (their name is taken from Joy Division song Twenty Four Hours) has been performing the music of Joy Division for the past five years, and play the breadth of the catalogue, from early post-punk to the later synth-driven anthems.
See it
• Avalanche City and Luke Thompson with support from Holly Arrowsmith, Friday, November 1, at Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers. Doors 9pm. Tickets ($18.50 plus booking fee) available via www.avalanchecity.com.
The Chick's Hotel bus, which leaves Countdown Central at 8.30pm and the University of Otago library at 8.35pm, is free with your 2013 Radio Onecard.
• Permanence (Christchurch) presents the music of Joy Division, tonight at Queens Bar (Queens Gardens). Tickets $5, doors from 9pm.
