''Castle St'' is the fourth

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by New Zealand band

Six60 Six60 is 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 (drums, bass guitar), and Marlon Gerbes (guitar, bass guitar, synthesiser). Th ...

. The band's second collaboration with American music producer Malay, ''Castle St'' debuted at number one on the

New Zealand Albums Chart The Official Aotearoa Music Charts, formerly the Official New Zealand Music Chart (), 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 Mu ...

Production

The album was co-produced by American music producer Malay, who previously worked on the band's 2019 album ''

''. The album's title comes from the

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; ) is the second-most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from ("fort of Edin"), the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of S ...

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

Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

, 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 record, vinyl records and Compact cassette, cassettes, and the terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side of a Single (music), single usually ...

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

Eden Park Eden Park is a sports venue in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located three kilometres southwest of the Auckland CBD, on the boundary between the suburbs of Mount Eden and Kingsland. The main stadium has a nominal capacity of 50,000, and is s ...

Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ...

. The band toured New Zealand during the summer between October 2022 and March 2023, with their annual Six60 Saturdays tour. The band's previous summer tour was postponed due to the effects of

COVID-19 in New Zealand The COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand was part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first case of the disease in New Zealand was reported on 28 February 2020. Th ...

. New Zealand band

Supergroove Supergroove is a New Zealand funk rock music group. Their debut 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 previously been name ...

reformed to play as an opening act for the tour's Wellington and Auckland dates. The band also toured Australia with The Castle St World Tour, held from December 2022 to 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) * Malay – producer, songwriting *Eli Paewai – drums, songwriting (1–10) *Paul Phamous – songwriting (11) *Matiu Walters – vocals, songwriting *

Simon Wilcox Simon Wilcox is a Canadian poet and songwriter, based in Los Angeles, California. Her songs have been recorded and released by Blink 182, Britney Spears, Carly Rae Jepsen, Enrique Iglesias, Miranda Lambert, The Used, Nick Jonas, Camila Cabello, ...

– 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)