Crowded House - Gravity Stairs

Crowded House — Gravity Stairs

Limited edition "Cloudy Blue" vinyl

For more than four decades, Crowded House leader Neil Finn has been on an evolving, winding journey. Crowded House's mid-Eighties hits such as "Don't Dream It's Over" and "Something So Strong," combined with albums such as Woodface and Together Alone, set the standard for the period's erudite jangle-pop while always pushing the band's art forward.

That creative spirit brings Finn and his Crowded House bandmates to Gravity Stairs, their first new release since 2021's Dreamers Are Waiting and eighth overall.

Produced by the band with Steven Schram, the album shows Crowded House in its current incarnation — Finn, Nick Seymour, Mitchell Froom, and Finn's sons Elroy and Liam — as sharp as ever, feeling musically adventurous, and still capable of reaching the staggering highs that have made them an international favorite. It's the act of climbing those figurative "gravity stairs," inspired by a heavy stone staircase near where Finn vacations, that he likens to his own mindset as a creator.

Side A

Magic Piano

Life's Imitation

The Howl

All That I Can Ever Own

Oh Hi

Some Greater Plan (for Claire)

Side B

Black Water, White Circle

Blurry Grass

I Can't Keep Up With You

Thirsty

Night Song

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