Straight outta the scenic hills of Tasman Bay, Hermsen County is the country band your friends warned you about. T

hey've got Buck Owens in their boots, Mary Chapin Carpenter in their hearts, and a suspicious amount of Southern swagger for a band that’s never been further south than Gore.

Coralled by Nelson sisters Lainee and Shanine Hermsen, along with Sue Ware, Craig Prichard and Dan Callahan. Armed with fiddle, drums, double bass, guitar, and enough emotional baggage to fill the woodshed, this four-headed harmony collective serves up twangy heartache, boot-stomping sass, and occasional unsolicited bad jokes.

Their shows are part hoedown, part therapy session. Whether you're into soulful ballads, barn-burning bangers, Hermsen County delivers the goods. Come for the twang, leave with a grin and a mysterious craving for cowboy boots. Hermsen County – Boot-stomping country with enough twang, swagger and kiwi grit to cut through fence wire.