Warm Hand is a May 2006 album by New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 songwriter Don McGlashan

Don McGlashan

Don McGlashan is a New Zealand musician and songwriter who has been a member of bands such as The Plague, From Scratch, The Whizz Kids, Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, The Mutton Birds and, from 2009, The Bellbirds. He composed several pieces for the Limbs Dance Company...

. It was a finalist for the 2006 New Zealand Music Awards

New Zealand Music Awards

The New Zealand Music Awards show, is a major annual New Zealand music event where musical acts and singers are awarded each year. It has occurred every year since 1965 to outstanding New Zealand musicians and groups....

' Album of the Year, and McGlashan was a finalist for Best Male Solo Artist for his work on the album. The live band which toured in support of the album, Don McGlashan and the Seven Sisters, was composed of Sean James Donnelly (SJD

SJD (musician)

SJD, or Sean James Donnelly, is a musician from Auckland, New Zealand. His music is a mix of electronica, pop-rock, and soul. The name SJD also refers to Donnelly's touring band when not performing solo....

), John Segovia, and Chris O'Connor.

Track listing

1. "This Is London"
2. "Toy Factory Fire"
3. "Blame"
4. "Harbour Bridge"
5. "Courier"
6. "Passenger 26"
7. "I Will Not Let You Down"
8. "Interlude"
9. "Miracle Sun"
10. "Queen Of The Night"

All songs are by McGlashan, except I Will Not Let You Down, which is by Sean Donnelly aka SJD

SJD (musician)

SJD, or Sean James Donnelly, is a musician from Auckland, New Zealand. His music is a mix of electronica, pop-rock, and soul. The name SJD also refers to Donnelly's touring band when not performing solo....

.

Songs

• "Toy Factory Fire" refers to the Kader Toy Factory Fire
  Kader Toy Factory Fire
  The Kader Toy Factory fire was a fire on 10 May 1993 at a factory in Thailand. It is considered the worst industrial factory fire in history. 188 people were killed, and over 500 were seriously injured. Most of the victims were young female workers from rural families...
  
  
• "Miracle Sun" is about Opo the dolphin at Hokianga
  Hokianga
  Hokianga is an area surrounding the Hokianga Harbour, also known as The Hokianga River, a long estuarine drowned valley on the west coast in the north of the North Island of New Zealand....
  
   in 1955-6.
• "Passenger 26" is a dark brooding song and refers to a mysterious mermaid
  Mermaid
  A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature with a female human head, arms, and torso and the tail of a fish. A male version of a mermaid is known as a "merman" and in general both males and females are known as "merfolk"...
  
   or chimera
  Chimera (mythology)
  The Chimera or Chimaera was, according to Greek mythology, a monstrous fire-breathing female creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of multiple animals: upon the body of a lioness with a tail that ended in a snake's head, the head of a goat arose on her back at the center of her...
  
   that the singer inadvertently picks up while driving a tourist bus to the Coromandel
  Coromandel Peninsula
  The Coromandel Peninsula lies in the North Island of New Zealand. It is part of the Waikato Region and Thames-Coromandel District and extends 85 kilometres north from the western end of the Bay of Plenty, forming a natural barrier to protect the Hauraki Gulf and the Firth of Thames in the west...
  
  . After a brief encounter and ice-cream, the weather changes for the worse, and it is revealed that there is in fact a history of quite mysterious goings-on in this small Coromandel town. The question remains - is this a dream sequence, or is McGlashan describing a true incident of a mysterious groupie from the past (or even the future)? A classic example of Kiwi-noir, perhaps?

Compilation albums

• "Harbour Bridge"
  • Kiwi Hit Disc 92, NZ On Air, April 2007.
  • Now Hear This, The Word, No 49, March 2007 (UK).

• "I Will Not Let You Down"
  • Kiwi Hit Disc 87, NZ On Air, October 2006.
  • New Zealand New Music, IV, 2006 New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, 2006.

• "Miracle Sun"
  • Kiwi Hit Disc 81, NZ On Air, April 2006.
  • Music 4 Maui's - Songs To Save A Species, Various Artists, Music 4 Mauis, 15 June 2008.
    • The album was released to promote the plight of the endangered Maui dolphin. The tracks were donated free of charge.

• "This Is London"
  • Sounds of the Planet: Womad 2007, Filter Music, FM020, 2007.

• "Toy Factory Fire"
  • Nuclear Free Nation, Various Artists, Integrity Promotions New Zealand, 12 June 2007.

Soundtracks

• "I Will Not Let You Down"
  • Out of the Blue
    Out of the Blue (2006 film)
    Out of the Blue is a 2006 New Zealand film directed by Robert Sarkies and starring Karl Urban. The film premiered at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival in Canada and was released in New Zealand on 12 October 2006 to minor controversy...
    
    , 2006.
  • The Tattooist
    The Tattooist
    The Tattooist is a 2007 New Zealand film directed by Peter Burger and starring American actor Jason Behr and New Zealand actors Nathaniel Lees, Michael Hurst and Robbie Magasiva among others...
    
    , 2007.

Award Nominations

• The first single, "Miracle Sun", was a nominee for the 2006 APRA
  Australasian Performing Right Association
  The Australasian Performing Right Association is a copyright collective representing New Zealand and Australian composers, lyricists and music publishers. The association's head offices located in Sydney Australia, and it has branch offices in Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth...
  
  Silver Scroll award, a songwriting award.