David Byrne - Who Is The Sky? (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 47:25 minutes | 819 MB
Pop Rock | Studio Master, Official Digital Download
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 47:25 minutes | 819 MB
Pop Rock | Studio Master, Official Digital Download
David Byrne is proud to announce Who Is the Sky?, his first new album since 2018’s acclaimed and award-winning American Utopia, which will be released September 5th by Matador Records. The album was produced by the Grammy-winning Kid Harpoon (Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus), while its 12 songs were arranged by the members of New York-based chamber ensemble Ghost Train Orchestra. Musical friends old and new, including St. Vincent, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, The Smile drummer Tom Skinner and American Utopia percussionist Mauro Refosco, also make appearances on Who Is the Sky?, which is led by the infectious single "Everybody Laughs.” “Someone I know said, ‘David, you use the word “everybody” a lot.’ I suppose I do that to give an anthropological view of life in New York as we know it,” says Byrne. “Everybody lives, dies, laughs, cries, sleeps and stares at the ceiling. Everybody’s wearing everybody else’s 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, when St. Vincent and I are doing a lot of hollering and singing together. Music can do that – hold opposites simultaneously. I realized that when singing with Robyn earlier this year. Her songs are often sad, but the music is joyous.” Byrne was inspired to enlist Ghost Train Orchestra for the album after hearing their 2023 tribute album to the blind New York composer and street poet Moondog, and later that year jumped on stage with the group during a Brooklyn performance. Enticed by the 15-member Ghost Train’s varied instrumental lineup – which includes drums, percussion, guitar and bass along with strings, winds and brass – he thought to himself, “what if that’s what these new songs of mine sounded like?” Byrne asked if they’d want to serve as his band for the Who Is The Sky? sessions, and they quickly agreed.
TRACKLIST
1 Everybody Laughs
2 When We Are Singing
3 My Apartment Is My Friend
4 A Door Called No
5 What Is the Reason for It?
6 I Met the Buddha at a Downtown Party
7 Don't Be Like That
8 The Avant Garde
9 Moisturizing Thing
10 I'm an Outsider
11 She Explains Things to Me
12 The Truth
foobar2000 1.6.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2025-09-04 14:12:10
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Analyzed: David Byrne / Who Is The Sky?
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DR4 -0.20 dB -6.12 dB 3:48 01-Everybody Laughs
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.54 dB 3:24 02-When We Are Singing
DR4 -0.21 dB -5.63 dB 3:03 03-My Apartment Is My Friend
DR7 -0.30 dB -9.48 dB 2:35 04-A Door Called No
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.48 dB 3:11 05-What Is The Reason For It?
DR5 -0.21 dB -6.58 dB 3:14 06-I Met The Buddha at a Downtown Party
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.60 dB 3:01 07-Don't Be Like That
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.13 dB 3:42 08-The Avant Garde
DR4 -0.20 dB -5.54 dB 2:42 09-Moisturizing Thing
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.29 dB 3:32 10-I'm an Outsider
DR4 -0.20 dB -6.40 dB 2:19 11-She Explains Things To Me
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.97 dB 3:02 12-The Truth
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR5
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 3098 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2025-09-04 14:12:10
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Analyzed: David Byrne / Who Is The Sky?
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR4 -0.20 dB -6.12 dB 3:48 01-Everybody Laughs
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.54 dB 3:24 02-When We Are Singing
DR4 -0.21 dB -5.63 dB 3:03 03-My Apartment Is My Friend
DR7 -0.30 dB -9.48 dB 2:35 04-A Door Called No
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.48 dB 3:11 05-What Is The Reason For It?
DR5 -0.21 dB -6.58 dB 3:14 06-I Met The Buddha at a Downtown Party
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.60 dB 3:01 07-Don't Be Like That
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.13 dB 3:42 08-The Avant Garde
DR4 -0.20 dB -5.54 dB 2:42 09-Moisturizing Thing
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.29 dB 3:32 10-I'm an Outsider
DR4 -0.20 dB -6.40 dB 2:19 11-She Explains Things To Me
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.97 dB 3:02 12-The Truth
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR5
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 3098 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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