''Castle St'' is the fourth

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by New Zealand band

Six60 Six60 are a New Zealand pop rock band formed in Dunedin, Otago in 2008. The band consists of Matiu Walters (lead vocals, guitar), Ji Fraser (lead guitar), Chris Mac (bass guitar), Marlon Gerbes (synthesiser), Hoani Matenga (bass guitar) and E ...

. The band's second collaboration with American music producer

Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...

, ''Castle St'' debuted at number one on the

New Zealand Albums Chart The Official New Zealand Music Chart ( mi, Te Papa Tātai Waiata Matua o Aotearoa) is the weekly New Zealand top 40 singles and albums charts, issued weekly by Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand). The Music ...

Production

The album was co-produced by American music producer

, who previously worked on the band's 2019 album ''

''. The album's title comes from the

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

Street where the band members lived during university. The band began working on the album in

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

, where they spent six months together. Band vocalist Matiu Walters felt that this time was a period of rejuvenation for the band, where they rediscovered the bonds they had created when originally living together as flatmates.

Release

The album's first single " Before You Leave", inspired by the birth of lead vocalist Matiu Walters's daughter, was released on 19 August 2022. This was followed by "Never Been Tonight" in September 2022, which featured the album track "Nobody Knows" as the single's

B-side The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record compan ...

. To promote the album, a replica of their Castle Street house was constructed and displayed in

Eden Park Eden Park is New Zealand's largest sports stadium, with a capacity of 50,000. Located in central Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, it is three kilometres southwest of the CBD, on the boundary between the suburbs of Mount Eden and King ...

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

. The band is undertaking a tour of New Zealand during the summer, entitled Six60 Saturdays, held between October 2022 and March 2023. The band's previous tour was postponed due to the effects of COVID-19 in New Zealand. New Zealand band

Supergroove Supergroove is a New Zealand funk rock music group. Their debut album ''Traction (album), Traction'' was released in 1994. The group disbanded in 1997 but reformed in 2007. History The band was founded on New Year's Eve 1989/1990, having pre ...

reformed to play as an opening act for the tour's Wellington and Auckland dates. The band also plans to tour Australia with The Castle St World Tour, held in December 2022 and February 2023.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

*Trey Campbell – songwriting (8) *Ji Fraser – guitar, songwriting (1–10) *Marlon Gerbes – keyboards, songwriting *David Kutch – mastering engineer *Raul Lopez – engineer, mixer *Chris Mac – bass, songwriting (1–10) *

– producer, songwriting *Eli Paewai – drums, songwriting (1–10) *Paul Phamous – songwriting (11) *Matiu Walters – vocals, songwriting *

Simon Wilcox Simon Wilcox is a Canadian songwriter based in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the ...

– songwriting (1–7, 9–10) *Yelawolf – songwriting (2)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2022 albums Six60 albums Albums produced by Malay (record producer)