A Cuppa Tea and A Lie Down (Deluxe Reissue)

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1.	Inside The Modern 01:57	buy track
2.	What Was That Thing 02:38	buy track
3.	Little Hearts 04:01	buy track
4.	And Relax 02:56	buy track
5.	Rainbow 07:14	buy track
6.	I See Now Where 02:01	buy track
7.	And We Swam The Magic Bay 02:44	buy track
8.	Fa Fa Fa Fa 02:15	buy track
9.	Sour Queen 03:49	buy track
10.	New Sheriff 02:52	buy track
11.	Virtues Asunder 02:22	buy track
12.	Evil Barbeque 04:36	buy track
13.	Patrick's Mother 02:43	buy track
14.	Rain In Tulsa 01:58	buy track
15.	Tom Song 02:54	buy track
16.	Snow White Chook 03:12	buy track
17.	Rhyme For Orange 03:26	buy track
18.	Carolines 02:41	buy track
19.	Buffalos 04:50	buy track
20.	Michaels 03:36	buy track

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Now, after nearly two decades Able Tasmans 1986 debut album - A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down is available again!

The deluxe re-issue has been re-mastered and expanded to include their first EP The Tired Sun (complete with pull out replica sleeve),three bonus tracks plus liner notes from songwriter GraemeHumphreys all housed in a gatefold set.

Initially hailing from Whangarei, one of New Zealand's northernmost cities, the band released four albums and two EPs between 1985-1993, all filled with their own brand of sweet and crafty baroque pop. Plus they may be the only NZ band's to tastefully incorporate bagpipes into a song.

Named after the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman (who first discovered New Zealand in the 1642) the band themselves were avid explorers limited only by their imagination. Their song writing and arrangement crossed lines between baroque and indie pop integrating field recordings and bringing keyboards to the forefront of their music.

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released April 28, 2015

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