Gravity Stairs
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| Released | 31 May 2024 | |||
| Length | 40:40 | |||
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Gravity Stairs is the upcoming eighth studio album by New Zealand rock band Crowded House, scheduled for release on 31 May 2024 through Lester Records and BMG Rights Management. It was preceded by the release of the lead single "Oh Hi" on 8 February 2024.
Background[edit]
The band produced the album with Steven Schram,[2] with frontman Neil Finn stating that the band wanted to maintain a "dreamy quality" on the record yet be more "lyrically direct".[3] Lead single "Oh Hi" was inspired by Finn's work for the nonprofit organisation So They Can, which builds schools in remote areas of Kenya and Tanzania.[4] Finn named the album after a stone staircase near a place he vacations, which he compared to his mentality as a musician, calling the title a "metaphor for getting a little older and becoming aware of your own mortality, your own physicality" as there is "more determination needed to get to the top, but there's still the same compulsion to climb".[4] The cover art is a pastiche of the Beatles' 1966 album Revolver.[5]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Magic Piano" | Neil Finn | 4:46 |
| 2. | "Teenage Summer" | N. Finn | 3:40 |
| 3. | "The Howl" | Liam Finn | 3:26 |
| 4. | "All That I Can Ever Own" | N. Finn | 3:04 |
| 5. | "Oh Hi" | N. Finn | 2:59 |
| 6. | "Some Greater Plan (for Claire)" |
| 4:10 |
| 7. | "Black Water, White Circle" | N. Finn | 3:42 |
| 8. | "Blurry Grass" |
| 3:09 |
| 9. | "I Can't Keep Up with You" |
| 4:01 |
| 10. | "Thirsty" |
| 3:30 |
| 11. | "Night Song" | N. Finn | 4:12 |
| Total length: | 40:40 | ||
Personnel[edit]
Crowded House
- Elroy Finn – drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals, production
- Liam Finn – guitar, vocals, production
- Neil Finn – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano, production, bass on all tracks except "Night Song"
- Mitchell Froom – keyboards, production
- Nick Seymour – bass, keyboards, vocals, production
Additional contributors
- Steven Schram – production, mixing, electric guitar on "The Howl" and "I Can't Keep Up with You"
- Bob Ludwig – engineering
- Paul Taylor – percussion
- Sharon Finn – additional vocals on "Magic Piano" and "All That I Can Ever Own"
- Ladyhawke – additional vocals on "Teenage Summer"
- Tim Finn – additional vocals on "Some Greater Plan (for Claire)"
- Antonis Moriatis – bouzouki on "Some Greater Plan (for Claire)"
- Elias Dendias – bouzouki on "Some Greater Plan (for Claire)"
- Nassos Vlachos – guitar on "Some Greater Plan (for Claire)"
- Tryfon Baitsis – guitar on "Some Greater Plan (for Claire)"
- Lauryn Canny – additional backing vocals on "Black Water, White Circle", additional vocals on "Blurry Grass" and "Thirsty"
- Eliza-Jane Barnes – additional vocals on "Thirsty"
- Jimmy Metherell – additional vocals on "Thirsty"
- Zoe Moon – additional vocals on "Night Song"
References[edit]
- ^ "Crowded House Continue Album Rollout with 'Teenage Summer". Rolling Stone. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Mack, Emmy (16 February 2024). "Crowded House Announce Eighth Studio Album, Gravity Stairs". Music Feeds. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "Crowded House's Neil Finn on New Album Gravity Stairs and Supporting Charity with "Oh Hi": Podcast". Consequence. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ a b Lochrie, Conor (16 February 2024). "Crowded House Announce Eighth Album Gravity Stairs". Rolling Stone Australia. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ Sinclair, Paul (15 February 2024). "Crowded House / Gravity Stairs". Super Deluxe Edition. Retrieved 24 March 2024.