Synthesised on Flying Nun

Lead singer of Wellington band the Phoenix Foundation, Samuel Flynn Scott released his debut album The Hunt Brings Us Life in 2006 but continues to work with the Foundation which recently promoted their latest collective, Happy Ending in Australia. Scott says the band has come from different musical perspectives and the group’s success has hinged on a creative butting of heads. “You can’t make music with anyone for more than about a year without there being tension and we’ve been doing it for long enough to have gone through more extreme periods and then come out the other side,” he said. New Zealand director Taika Cohen commissioned the band to score his debut feature film, Eagle Vs Shark.