Tavita & Bay Road

Soulful alt-pop from Aotearoa, NZ. Funk, reggae, roots & groove. Diamond & Balloon out Oct 3 — debut EP Nov 21. 🌐 https://linktr.ee/tavita.bayroad

Pōneke’s Tavita & Bay Road deliver a sound shaped by funk, reggae, alt-pop and roots — grounded in songwriting that’s reflective and quietly observant. Led by Tavita De Seymour (Weave) with Eli De Seymour, Rene Ross and Tim Manu, the band draws on family, loss, resilience, and the blurred edges of identity, with roots in Porirua.

After time away from the scene, Tavita formed Bay Road to explore something honest and close to home. Their music has picked up early support from stations across Aotearoa, with Flash-Trax calling Lay It Down “a funkalicious trip” and Muzic.nz praising the EP as “lyrically cohesive… perfectly crafted.”