Hey remember Split Enz? The New Zealand brother band of Neil and Tim Finn? Thanks to MTV they scored a couple hits with “I Got You” and “Six Months In A Leaky Boat”. I was a great fan and I’m pretty shocked to ever hear the Finn name again.
Split Enz evolved into Crowded House and then disappeared from the US. Neil was the primary vocalist and well he is back without his brother and with a new album to boot. Titled Dizzy Heights, the album is due out February 10th. The album was produced by the same cat who produced the Flaming Lips, David Fridman.
“I didn’t want to make it a solo record in a stripped back signer-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.”
Finn has a few sold-out shows lined up – Nov. 19 at Los Angeles’ Largo and Nov. 21 at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge. After release and a tour of Australia he is back in the States- here are the locals.
April 2 – Los Angeles, Calif., Orpheum Theatre
April 7 – Boston, Mass., Shubert Theatre – Citi Performing Arts Center
April 8 – New York, N.Y., Town Hall
April 10 – New Haven, Conn., Shubert Theater