David Byrne announces a new album, Who Is the Sky?, will be released September 5th via Matador Records. It’s his first new album since 2018’s  award-winning American Utopia. The album was produced by the Grammy-winning Kid Harpoon (Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus) and arranged by the members of New York-based chamber ensemble Ghost Train Orchestra. 

St. Vincent, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, The Smile drummer Tom Skinner and American Utopia percussionist Mauro Refosco make appearances on the new 12 song collection. The lead single is “Everybody Laughs.” Watch the video HERE. 

“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 will also return to the road with the touring band which will comprise 13 musicians, singers and dancers, including members of the American Utopia band.. The North America tour dates run from September 16th in Pittsburgh through December 3rd in Miami. Find the tour dates HERE.