About

L A Mitchell has been a stealth operator in New Zealand Music, her credentials will surprise you, having performed support for Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder and Guy Sebastian. She worked alongside Dave Dobbyn, Bic Runga, Tim Finn, Anna Coddington & Sola Rosa & Dukes. Her name in New Zealand is synonymously connected with the juggernaut group, ‘Fly My Pretties’ backed by Black Seeds front-man, Barnaby Weir and more recently she spun heads in a run of sold-out shows as a member of the Bill Withers Social Club alongside Troy Kingi & Dallas Tamaira (Fat Freddie’s Drop) For many her Live at the Matterhorn, the release was a sensation in the underground soul & jazz audiences that still has a mild cult following. Her most recent work has been with her Husband, Matt Barus, on their duo project Terrible Sons,  Finalists for the 2024 Folk Artist Tui. They’ve quietly amassed over 21 million streams of the duos’ acoustic indie folk. She has also been nominated for the Apra Silver Scroll top 20 list 3 times.

Her new album ‘Meaningful Work’ Out March 26th 2025, is a body of work that melds her preious voyages in music into one. An alt-indie-electro-pop styled album, it holds attitude  & expressions of power and confrontation  alongside honesty and introspection. 

 

First single Gove is out now.