Blu Fish

Blu Fish is a psychedelic rock band from Titirangi, West Auckland. The band is composed of Cameron McCurdy (vocals, drums, trumpet), Mitchell Baber (vocals, guitar) and Josh Rundle (bass). The trio also performed as a five-piece with psychedelic duo Ripship under the name Fish & Ships.

Pre-formation (2012-2017)
McCurdy and Rundle had played together in high school in alternative rock band Title Pending from June 2012 to February 2018,undefined and played manygigs alongside Baber's indie rock band The Big Gusundefined from October 2013 to January 2016. Baber would regularly get up on stage to sing for Title Pending's cover of "I Got Mine" by the Black Keys at the ends of their sets. Both bands saw relative success in the Auckland all-ages music scene,undefined with The Big Gus becoming 2015 Smokefreerockquest finalistsundefined and Title Pending opening for bands such as The D4undefined and Guitar Wolf.undefined

Formation and Shments (2018-2019)
Blu Fish formed at the University of Auckland campus bar, Shadows, on the 26th of February 2018 and were booked to play a gig before they had written any songs.undefined The half-hour set they wrote for the Frick Yeah Festival 2018 became the songs they would use for their debut EP.undefinedThe EP, Shmentsundefined was produced by rapper Mr•O6OO and self-released on the 30th of November 2018undefined following the release of singles "The Party" on the 28th of Septemberundefined and "Scenic Drive" on the 31st of Octoberundefined. It is a concept album chronicling their youth in Titirangi with the story of a single hypothetical 2016 party in Woodlands Park.undefined

Following the release of Shments, the band won the 2018 NZ National Battle of the Bands,undefined winning the prize of a recording session in Brisbane and a tour of New Zealand, Australia, The Philippines, Hong Kong, and Singaporeundefined. On the 18th of January 2019, the band released "Fresher," the final single from Shments.undefined

BOTB Tour and Up/Down (2019-2020)
The band performed at the 2019 Titirangi Festival of Music on the 29th of March alongside SJD, where they debuted new songs "Idle Chatter", "Seedy" and "Beech Forest".undefined On the 26th of April the band played the first of 16 shows as part of their NZ Battle of the Bands winners' tour with Wellington pop rock band Pale Lady.undefined The first show of the tour saw the live debut of Fish & Ships, a collaborative supergroup formed from the members of Blu Fish and Ripship.undefined The band's next single, "Up/Down", was released on the 28th of September 2019, one year after the release of "The Party".undefined The track was recorded at Red Engine Studios in Brisbane by Grammy-nominated producer Steve James from the 7th to the 8th of May - and pays homage to "I WIsh You Knew Jim Morrison" by Heroes for Sale.undefined

Hiatus (2020-Present)
On the 9th of May, the band announced via their facebook and instagram pages that they would no longer be active as a band.

Blu Fish

 * Cameron McCurdy – vocals, drums, trumpet, artwork (2018–2020)
 * Mitchell Baber – vocals, guitar (2018–2020)
 * Josh Rundle – bass (2018-2020)

Live members

 * Callum Lincoln - bass (2019)

EPs

 * Shments (2018) - Blu Fish Records

Singles

 * The Party (2018)
 * Scenic Drive (2018)
 * Fresher (2019)
 * Up/Down (2019)

Links

 * Facebook
 * Instagram
 * Twitter
 * Bandcamp
 * Spotify
 * Apple Music/iTunes
 * Soundcloud
 * YouTube