Coming Home Sol3 Mio

• 1 Hold Me While You Wait 04:01
• 2 If 02:58
• 3 A Thousand Years 03:14
• 4 Blue Bayou 04:30
• 5 Romanza 04:04
• 6 E Ipo 04:38
• 7 To Love Somebody 03:40
• 8 Don’t Worry Be Happy 03:58
• 9 Sylvia’s Mother 03:58
• 10 Hallelujah 03:52
• 11 Used To Love U 02:49
• 12 Arms Of An Angel 05:52
• Total Runtime 47:34

Info for Coming Home

Sol3 Mio today announce their highly-anticipated third studio album, Coming Home, out November 12th via Universal Music New Zealand. The album announcement is accompanied by the release of new single and video 'E Ipo' – an awe-inspiring rendition of Prince Tui Teka’s legendary ballad.

When Sol3 Mio’s world turned to chaos and theatres and opera houses around the world shut their doors, there was only one place for them to retreat – home. For the trio, home is the simple comfort of being back together and making music with the pure and honest power of voice. Coming Home marks the first batch of new music from the critically-acclaimed group, comprised of Pene Pati, Amitai Pati and Moses Mackay, since 2018's multi-platinum-certified A Very Merry Christmas.

“The whole album is reflective of us coming back together during a pandemic and all the warmth and love of it," Pene Pati explains, "This collection of songs felt right for the time, and for us. It’s the most stripped back Sol3 Mio album to date. Which again, is something we wanted to create. A homely feel, us in a room together, playing some of our favourite songs.”

Recorded with award-winning producer Nic Manders (Six60, Katchafire) at Auckland's legendary Roundhead Studios, Coming Home sees the trio take it right back to where it all began – pairing soulful vocal arrangements with the undeniable charm fans have come to expect from Sol3 Mio.

The twelve-track album features breathtaking renditions of fan favourite tracks such as 'Hallelujah', 'Hold Me While You Wait' and 'A Thousand Years', introducing fans to an exciting new chapter in the Sol3 Mio story.

Sol3 Mio

Sol3 Mio
Made up of two tenor brothers, Pene and Amitai Pati from Mangere, and their North Shore baritone cousin Moses Mackay, SOL3 MIO is the combination of three powerful and moving operatic voices, with more than a dash of uncontainable Samoan humour. By their own definition they are first and foremost ‘classical singers bridging the gap with contemporary’ , but the unique way in which they do it has already shown the potential to cut through the critical cognoscenti, and appeal to audiences who wouldn’t normally be found anywhere near an aria. Their onstage brotherly bonhomie, off the cuff banter and impeccable comedic timing is no act, simply an extension of their natural selves, and the culmination of a lifetime’s worth of singing, performing and entertaining.

In some respects their backgrounds are typical – families moving over from Samoa to seek a better life in New Zealand and having to make sacrifices in the process, as well as finding value in music, choirs, hard work and an ability to see the absurdity in life. However, what they have made of these solid, but modest, beginnings is anything but average. Amongst their numerous awards and accolades Pene was the 2010 NZ Performer Of The Year, Amitai won the 2012 Lexus Song Quest and Moses was recognized as an Emerging Artist by the Dame Malvina Major Foundation last year. Though all three have studied for Bachelor Of Music graduates from the University of Auckland, the foundations of the stagecraft that they have added to exceptional raw talent, also comes from a crammed musical CV that spans everything from weekly childhood performances in rest homes, to backing George Benson. It was when Moses and Pene sang in the choir behind Andrea Bocelli in 2008, that their eyes and ears were fully opened to the possibilities of opera, setting them on a course that would lead to the formation of SOL3 MIO, three years later.

Performing together as a trio at Pene’s farewell, after he had been selected to attend the prestigious Wales International Academy Of Voice, an audience member piped up and suggested they should form a group – laughed off at the time, the idea took hold. Within a year, all three had been individually chosen to go to Wales for tuition under the highly esteemed Dennis O’Neill – an incredible opportunity but also one with a combined cost of over $100,000. Rolling their sleeves up, they launched SOL3 MIO with a series of fundraisers, that began with high stress in a half filled hall in Massey High School, and concluded with a triumphant show at a sold out Auckland Town Hall in October 2012 – funds sorted. Now with a self-titled album of their work, beginning naturally with the eponymous Neapolitan song, and ending with a rousing We Are Samoa, the stage is set for the next chapter in what is already, an extraordinary story.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that these three effervescent performers, live to sing and they do it with a passion that is rare and irrepressible. Bringing the realness to opera, and breaking down the perceived barriers and stereotypes of the music, as well as breathing new life into time honoured classics – their desire to share, entertain and inform, and the easy manner in which they go about it, is positively infectious. The family honed, onstage humour, and natural Samoan vivacity and pride, is certainly a point of difference, but the real ace in the hole is those remarkable voices that soar individually, and stun collectively. With natural musicality, that indefinable phenomenon of kindred voices in unison, an ever present twinkle in their eye, and crucially years of hard study and coaching – SOL3 MIO quite simply have the potential to bring a whole new audience to the music they have devoted their lives to.

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