Crowded House Detail First LP In Over 10 Years 'Dreamers Are Waiting', Share New Track To The Island
Thursday, 18 February 2021
Written by Jon Stickler
Crowded House have announced their first album in over a decade.
'Dreamers Are Waiting', the follow-up to 2010's 'Intriguer', is due to arrive on June 4 via EMI Records. It will include the newly released track To The Island, along with their 2020 single Whatever You Want, the video for which featured Mac DeMarco.
Musically, the new offering is a slow-burning pop number that rolls out over a steady drumbeat and swirling vocals, for an almost hypnotising, psychedelic aesthetic.
The Australian band currently comprises founders Neil Finn — who is also a touring member of Fleetwood Mac — and Nick Seymour, along with returning producer and keyboardist Mitchell Froom, singer and guitarist Liam Finn and his younger brother, drummer Elroy Finn. Discussing the recording of the LP amid the COVID-19 pandemic, frontman Finn said:
"We were fortunate to be recording in the studio right before lockdown and so began this album with band tracks recorded live in a room, all brimming with character and energy. We then spent our strangest year, 2020, at distance from each other but connecting daily, swapping files and making those tracks complete. We're so excited and grateful to be back in one room together now, rehearsing, first to play live in front of audiences in NZ and soon we hope for the rest of the world."
To The Island shares its name with their upcoming New Zealand arena tour, which kicks off in March. They'll also return to the UK as part of their rescheduled European tour in the summer. Tickets are on sale now.
'Dreamers Are Waiting' tracklist:
1. Bad Times Good
2. Playing With Fire
3. To The Island
4. Sweet Tooth
5. Whatever You Want
6. Show Me The Way
7. Goodnight Everyone
8. Start Of Something
9. Too Good For This World
10. Real Life Woman
11. Love Isn’t Hard At All
12. Deeper Down
Crowded House Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Thu March 04 2021 - HAMILTON Claudelands Arena
Sat March 06 2021 - NAPIER Church Road Winery
Sun March 07 2021 - NAPIER Church Road Winery
Mon March 08 2021 - NELSON Trafalgar Centre
Tue March 09 2021 - NELSON Trafalgar Centre
Wed March 10 2021 - CHRISTCHURCH Christchurch Arena (formerly Horncastle Arena)
Thu March 11 2021 - DUNEDIN Dunedin Town Hall
Sat March 13 2021 - GIBBSTON Gibbston Valley Winery
Mon March 15 2021 - WELLINGTON TSB Bank Arena
Wed March 17 2021 - PALMERSTON NORTH Regent on Broadway
Fri March 19 2021 - AUCKLAND Spark Arena
Sat March 20 2021 - NEW PLYMOUTH TSB Bowl of Brooklands
Sun March 21 2021 - AUCKLAND Spark Arena
Tue June 08 2021 - SCARBOROUGH Scarborough Open Air Theatre (United Kingdom)
Wed June 09 2021 - GLASGOW SSE Hydro (United Kingdom)
Fri June 11 2021 - BIRMINGHAM Utilita Arena Birmingham (United Kingdom)
Sat June 12 2021 - CARDIFF Motorpoint Arena Cardiff (United Kingdom)
Mon June 14 2021 - LONDON Roundhouse (United Kingdom)
Tue June 15 2021 - LONDON Roundhouse (United Kingdom)
Wed June 16 2021 - LONDON Roundhouse (United Kingdom)
Tue June 22 2021 - BERLIN Tempodrom (Germany)
Wed June 23 2021 - COLOGNE Live Music Hall (Germany)
Mon June 28 2021 - CORK Live At The Marquee (Ireland)
Tue June 29 2021 - LIMERICK King John's Castle (Ireland)
Wed June 30 2021 - DUBLIN Trinity College (Ireland)
Thu July 01 2021 - MANCHESTER Castlefield Bowl (United Kingdom)
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