{"id":2579,"date":"2025-06-10T15:10:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/david-byrne-announces-new-album-who-is-the-sky-150068\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T15:10:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:10:28","slug":"david-byrne-announces-new-album-who-is-the-sky-150068","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/david-byrne-announces-new-album-who-is-the-sky-150068\/","title":{"rendered":"David Byrne announces new album, Who Is The Sky?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"post-preview\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content google-ld-json\">\n<div class=\"editable-content\">\n<p><strong>Talking Heads<\/strong> fans were left disappointed last week when (admittedly very spurious) rumours of a reunion turned out to herald nothing more than a new video for \u201cPsycho Killer\u201d. <\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.kelsey.co.uk\/single-issue\/uncut-magazine\/352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BRIAN ENO, MATT BERNINGER, PULP, BOB WEIR AND MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But there is a silver lining. Today, <strong>David Byrne<\/strong> has unveiled details of his first solo album since 2018\u2019s <strong>American Utopia. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who Is The Sky?<\/strong> will be released by Matador on September 5, and you can watch a video for lead-off single \u201cEverybody Laughs\u201d below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"YM-BTJKIz0Q\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title='David Byrne - \"Everybody Laughs\" (Official Music Video)' width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YM-BTJKIz0Q?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEverybody lives, dies, laughs, cries, sleeps and stares at the ceiling,\u201d says <strong>Byrne<\/strong>. \u201cEverybody\u2019s wearing everybody else\u2019s shoes, which not everybody does, but I have done. I tried to sing about these things that could be seen as negative in a way balanced by an uplifting feeling from the groove and the melody, especially at the end\u2026 Music can do that \u2013 hold opposites simultaneously. I realised that when singing with Robyn earlier this year. Her songs are often sad, but the music is joyous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The album was produced by <strong>Kid Harpoon<\/strong> and arranged by the members of New York-based chamber ensemble <strong>Ghost Train Orchestra<\/strong>. It features guest appearances from <strong>St Vincent<\/strong>, Paramore\u2019s <strong>Hayley Williams<\/strong>, The Smile drummer <strong>Tom Skinner<\/strong> and American Utopia percussionist <strong>Mauro Refosco.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peruse the tracklisting for <strong>Who Is The Sky?<\/strong> below and pre-order the album on various formats <a href=\"https:\/\/davidbyrne.mat-r.co\/whoisthesky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, including a limited cantaloupe orange \/ strawberry pink vinyl featuring a lenticular cover.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Everybody Laughs<\/li>\n<li>When We Are Singing<\/li>\n<li>My Apartment Is My Friend<\/li>\n<li>A Door Called No<\/li>\n<li>What Is the Reason for It?<\/li>\n<li>I Met the Buddha at a Downtown Party<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t Be Like That<\/li>\n<li>The Avant Garde<\/li>\n<li>Moisturizing Thing<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m an Outsider<\/li>\n<li>She Explains Things to Me<\/li>\n<li>The Truth<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Byrne<\/strong> will also return to the road with a brand new live show in support of <strong>Who Is The Sky?<\/strong> The touring band will comprise 13 musicians, singers and dancers, all of whom will be mobile throughout the set. See the UK\/Ireland dates below. Tickets go on sale on Friday (June 13) from <a href=\"https:\/\/whoisthesky.davidbyrne.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>; sign up for the artist pre-sale <a href=\"https:\/\/laylo.com\/davidbyrne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>03\/03\/2026 \u2013 London, UK \u2013 Eventim Apollo<br \/>03\/04\/2026 \u2013 London, UK \u2013 Eventim Apollo<br \/>03\/06\/2026 \u2013 Glasgow, UK \u2013 SEC Armadillo<br \/>03\/07\/2026 \u2013 Glasgow, UK \u2013 SEC Armadillo<br \/>03\/09\/2026 \u2013 Manchester, UK \u2013 o2 Apollo<br \/>03\/10\/2026 \u2013 Manchester, UK \u2013 o2 Apollo<br \/>03\/13\/2026 \u2013 Dublin, Ireland \u2013 3Arena<br \/>03\/15\/2026 \u2013 London, UK \u2013 Eventim Apollo<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncut.co.uk\/news\/david-byrne-announces-new-album-who-is-the-sky-150068\/\">David Byrne announces new album, Who Is The Sky?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncut.co.uk\/\">UNCUT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talking Heads fans were left disappointed last week when (admittedly very spurious) rumours of a reunion turned out to herald nothing more than a new video for \u201cPsycho Killer\u201d. 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