Meet New Zealand’s top covers band
Crowded House released new album Gravity Stairs yesterday, and the hitmakers are on the cover of Rolling Stone again (the last time was 1988) with an artful shoot — and intimate interview — for the magazine’s Australian and New Zealand print edition.
Working with creative director Katie Taylor and print editor James Jennings, the highly collaborative shoot saw Crowded House cofounder and bassist Nick Seymour painting their world-famous name across the set, a unique approach to creating a cover.
Seymour and his paint brush are on the cover with bandmates Neil Finn, Mitchell Froom, Liam Finn and Elroy Finn — Crowded House’s current line up.
“Everyone in Crowded House shares the history, and that’s the great thing about this line-up. It’s different to what it was, but it’s got as much soul to my mind as any line-up we’ve had,” Neil Finn told Rolling Stone.
“Potentially it might be our greatest line-up, by whatever measure you use. It feels like we’ve got massive trust now.”
They were photographed by Giulia Giannini McGauran, and the Herald understands the Rolling Stone team had “unique access” to the band, who discuss the band’s history and future.
The band will be touring New Zealand and Australia later this year, starting on November 9 in Wellington, before finishing on December 14 in Brisbane.
● Tickets for the Gravity Stairs tour are on sale now, the album is out on Spotify and from music retailers, and the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine will be on newsstands around New Zealand on Monday.