Fronted by pixie-like singer Kirsten Morrell, New Zealand's Goldenhorse are about to release their debut UK album.

The band's self titled UK album is an amalgamation of their first two multi-platinum selling records back home; 2002's 'Riverhead' took a record 52 weeks to reach the top of the album chart, but stayed there for seven weeks.

The band's follow up album, 2005's 'Out Of The Moon' went straight in at #2 and spawned the Tom Waits' approved single 'Maybe Tomorrow'.

The song, the next UK release, written by Goldenhorse guitarist Geoff Maddock, was an 'Honorably Mentioned' finallist at the 2005 International Songwriter's Competition, where the voting panel included great songwriting talents Tom Waits, Loretta Lyn and Steve Vai.

The jangly bitter-sweet pop lyrics of 'Maybe Tomorrow' were picked out of 80,000 songs to grab the judge's attentions.

Comparisons on music sites around the world say that Morrell's vocals are akin to Bjork, PJ Harvey and Bic Runga.

Goldenhorse are due to announce some new shows in the UK for the Spring.

Goldenhorse's self-titled debut is out on February 5. The single is available from January 29. Both through 7Hz Recordings and iTunes.

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