{"id":281363,"date":"2026-02-13T01:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/281363\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T01:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:08:10","slug":"heavenly-share-new-song-scene-stealing-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/281363\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavenly Share New Song “Scene Stealing”: Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in the ’90s, Oxford’s Heavenly were key players in the UK’s C86 twee-pop universe. They broke up after drummer Mathew Fletcher’s 1996 death, but they’ve returned in recent years, playing live shows and releasing new music. In a few weeks, they’ll unveil Highway To Heavenly, their first new album in 30 years. We’ve posted the early tracks “Portland Town<\/a>” and “Excuse Me,<\/a>” and they’ve got another new track today. <\/p>\n

The new song “Scene Stealing” is the opening track on Highway To Heavenly, and it’s got the right kind of energy for a band that’s coming back after an extended hiatus. “Scene Stealing” is a bright, boppy, energetic number with classic pop harmonies and a great little DIY arrangement. Bassist Rob Pursey says that the song is “about YouTubers,” which is fun. They’ve also got a Spanish-language version of the song called “Roba Escenas.” check out both below.<\/p>\n

Highway To Heavenly is out 2\/27 on skepwax040.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Back in the ’90s, Oxford’s Heavenly were key players in the UK’s C86 twee-pop universe. They broke up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-281363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}