Able Tasmans were an indie pop band from Auckland, New Zealand, initially formed as a duo in 1983.
[1] Organist Leslie Jonkers joined before the band recorded their debut album (A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down (1987)), with Stuart Greenway replacing Baxter on drums.
[3] The band's style of music could be considered as somewhat similar to the prevalent Dunedin sound, as recorded by Flying Nun during the 1980s and most effective[citation needed] when keyboards (not normally prominent in the Dunedin sound) were to the fore, as on their early student radio hit "Snow White Chook".
[1][3][10] AllMusic writer Jason Ankeny described the band as having "a tongue-in-cheek, '60s-influenced aesthetic" in their early years.
B: Raucous Laughter, "Relapse" The group have appeared on a few CD and DVD compilations since 1991 in New Zealand.