Neil Finn album news; initial tour dates announced

It looks like I have my first most anticipated CD of 2014...

Dizzy Heights, the new solo album from Crowded House leader Neil Finn, will be released Feb. 10 via Lester Records/Kobalt Label Services and is currently available for pre-order here: http://smarturl.it/dizzyheights.

The release was confirmed during a webcast from Finn’s Auckland studio. The full webcast, which includes a performance of three new songs from Dizzy Heights, can be viewed here: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/10/come_hangout_wi.html.

Tour dates have been announced. See below for details.

Additionally, as a special preview, a short film created by Finn for the album’s lead track “Divebomber,” which was inspired by the World War II film of the same name, is now streaming on Finn’s official YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/neilfinnofficial 

The 11-track album was recorded between Finn’s Auckland studio, Roundhead, and Tarbox Road, the upstate New York studio of Dizzy Heights co-producer Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala).

Of his latest effort, Finn notes, “I didn’t want to make it a solo record in a stripped back singer-songwriter sort of way…I had a feeling Dave would be good at adding some odd shapes to the music, which I always welcome—making things a little more expansive. He is good at subverting things, and making things sound a bit messed up and not as obvious, rather than being too tasteful, which is always a temptation.”

Track listing:

1. Impressions

2. Dizzy Heights

3. Flying In The Face of Love

4. Divebomber

5. Better Than TV

6. Pony Ride

7. White Lies and Alibis

8. Recluse

9. Strangest Friends

10. In My Blood

11. Lights of New York

TOUR DATES

 

November 19 Los Angeles, CA...Largo

November 21 New York, NY...Le Poisson Rouge

March 29 Vancouver, BC...Vogue Theatre

March 30 Seattle, WA...Neptune Theatre

April 1 San Francisco, CA...Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

April 2 Los Angeles, CA...Orpheum Theatre

April 5 Toronto, ON...Queen Elizabeth Theatre

April 7 Boston, MA...Shubert Theatre

April 8 New York, NY...Town Hall

April 10 New Haven, CT...Shubert Theater

April 11 Glenside, PA...Keswick Theatre

April 12 Washington, DC...Lincoln Theatre