Forenzics

Forenzics is a New Zealand musical project formed by Tim Finn and Eddie Rayner in 2020. It's a project inspired Split Enz, redeveloping music from their early days. The songs are combinations of new and re-imagined lyrics and music.

Forenzics
Tim Finn live with Split Enz
Background information
Also known asForENZics
OriginAuckland, New Zealand
GenresArt-rock
Years active2020–present
LabelsWarner Music New Zealand
Associated actsSplit Enz
Members

The band consists of other past members of their Split Enz including Noel Crombie and Phil Judd. Phil Manzanera, who produced Split Enz's second album Second Thoughts (album) is the guitarist of the band. It also features Megan Washington.[1]

The name "ForENZics" is a play on the band's original name "Split Enz", a name they changed from "Split Ends" to represent New Zealand. The name and album name is to project the idea that they are using fragments from their past songs into their new ones.

History

Quite like Enzso was, Forenzics is a project to reimagine previous songs from Split Enz. Phil Manzanera said the project was instigated in 2020 when he found an old rehearsal tape of Split Enz: he digitalised it, thought it sounded "amazing" and emailed it to Tim Finn, the first re-engagement between the pair in years. This also later ignited another project between the two, releasing an album in August 2020 called Caught by the Heart.

In early 2020, the band spontaneously released its first single on YouTube (accompanied by a video) called "Walking", which was a reinvention of Split Enz's "Walking Down a Road" from the Split Enz album Mental Notes. Between then and early 2021, they released two more music videos inspired by Mental Notes (Split Enz album) songs: "Strange Stars" (inspired by "Under The Wheel") and "Abandoned" (inspired by "129/Matinee Idyll"). All of these songs are included in the to-be-released 2022 debut album "Shades and Echoes".

“I sent Eddie a garage band sketch and loved how he developed it. We live in different parts of Auckland, different strands of the isthmus, and avoid traveling across town as much as possible. So we were summoning memories and working blind throughout." Tim Finn says.

Eddie Rayner handled the production of all the songs in his own home studio. The release of "Shades and Echoes" was postponed from 2021 to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Discography

This discography relates to releases by Forenzics. See Split Enz discography for other works by Forenzics.

Studio albums
Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds)
2022 Shades and Echoes — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
2021 "Chances Are" — — — — Shades and Echoes
"Premiere Fois" — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References
  1. warnermusic.com.au https://warnermusic.com.au/news/forenzics-split-enz-debut-album-shades-and-echoes. Retrieved 2021-12-11. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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