Tiny Ruins are a band based in Auckland, New Zealand. Conceived in 2009 by songwriter Hollie Fullbrook to describe her solo output, the group now includes Cass Basil on bass, Alex Freer on drums and Tom Healy on electric guitar. Traversing early influences of folk and blues, Tiny Ruins’ sound draws on ethereal and grungy soundscapes alike. Sometimes likened to Nick Drake, Mazzy Star or Nico, Fullbrook’s voice and guitar work evades cliche?, making use of alternate tunings by way of her own self-styled fingerpicking. Lyrically one of a kind, their stories are laced with a dark humour that is at times disarmingly confessional, at others, cryptic and philosophical.