Skyscraper Stan Announces New Australia & NZ shows for 2025

TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS OF HIS 2025 ALBUM, THOSE WERE DAYS, SKYSCRAPER STAN ANNOUNCES A NEW RUN OF SHOWS, WITH HIS BAND THE COMMISSION FLATS, ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.

Aotearoa/New Zealand-born and Australia-based Skyscraper Stan and his longtime touring band and collaborators, the Commission Flats, have generated a body of work that has attracted a loyal, and more recently, global fanbase drawn to Stan’s easy lyrical style, inventive arrangements, and deft genre twists and turns— from folk and country to indie rock and consummate soul— all key elements across the diverse new album.
After thrilling audiences across Australia earlier in the year with their electrifying live shows, Stan and the band are super excited to take the album out on the road again, this time getting to places such as Tasmania and the North Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand.

“When we wrapped up the first album tour at the start of the year we felt like we hadn’t finished celebrating. We also had folks blowing up the inbox, complaining that we never made it to their town so we’re doing it again,” says Stan. “Those Were Days is the best record we’ve made so far, and it’d be a crying shame not to rinse the hell out of it on the road!”

THOSE WERE DAYS ALBUM TOUR (REPRISE)

Tickets at www.skyscraperstan.com.au

September 13 (SOLO)
Merri Creek Tavern, Westgarth VIC
w/ Jules Sheldon

September 20th (SOLO)
48 Main, Maldon VIC

September 21st (SOLO)
Odessa, Creswick VIC

October 11
Out On The Weekend festival
Melbourne, VIC

October 24
The Royal Oak, Launceston TAS
w/ Sam Kucera

October 25
Republic Bar, Hobart TAS
w/ Sam Kucera

October 31
The Chippo Hotel, Sydney NSW
w/ Dominic Hoey and Milly McPherson

November 1
The Servo, Port Kembla NSW
w/ Dominic Hoey

November 7
Bergy Bandroom, Melbourne VIC
w/ Dominic Hoey

November 14
Meow, Wellington NZ
w/ Dominic Hoey

November 15
Whammy, Auckland NZ
w/ Dominic Hoey

November 28
Queenscliff Music Festival
Queenscliff VIC

Those Were Days has had an incredible response since its release. Debuting at #1 on the ARIA Australian Country Album chart, #20 on the ARIA Australian Album chart and #14 on the Aotearoa Music Album chart. Stan has had widespread support across Australian community radio, and received wonderful reviews from Italy, New Zealand, and in Australia’s Rhythms magazine. The album was also included in a Best Australian Music of the Week feature in Rolling Stone.

Written through the pandemic, and between the cities of Ballarat and Naarm (Melbourne), Stan found himself reminiscing a lot about places, people, and the state of the world as he put pen to paper. The song ‘Those Were Days‘, that gives the album its name, is a lament for the lost hedonism of one’s early 20s living in share houses in Fitzroy and Collingwood, and as such, it ties in perfectly with the general nostalgic feel of much of the album.

Across the album’s singles, Stan displays both the world-class quality and versatility of his songwriting. There’s the alt-country meets indie rock first single ‘Let Me Be Frank With You‘, ‘Strange Things Happen‘ and its brilliant zombified video clip,  and on ‘Down The M8‘ Stan details the lengths that he and his partner are willing to travel for love.  ‘Talk To Me‘ finds Stan digging deep into what one might imagine as a kind of Antipodean Stax/Motown revue. The album’s most recent single ‘Anjali‘, with its reggae-infused and soulful slow groove, is a devotional swoon of a song in which Stan pays tribute to his recently betrothed soulmate.

A true group effort, the album has been a collaborative labour of love between Stan and the Commission Flats. “We did the whole thing in-house. We arranged the songs together, we produced it ourselves and our drummer Andy mixed it,” says Stan. “It has been a long process, but certainly the most enjoyable music making experience of my career so far.”

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Music Australia

ALBUM REVIEWS
“An electric potpourri… Woodhouse has a deft ear for an infectious melody, and his lyrical reminisces on matters of the heart and days gone by deserve to be heard.”
Rhythms“The album’s upbeat, brass-heavy energy, delivered by the tight band, creates a richly textured and rewarding listening experience that blends well with Stan’s expressive voice… this is an album packed with vivid character studies and introspective musings on life, love, and the strange currents of modern times.”
The 13th Floor

“The Commission Flats, Stan’s group, is the other important pillar of Those Were Days: a perfect machine, driven in the right direction.”
Roots Highway

“With an excellent band which adds colour and mood to his effortless melodies and probing lyrics, Those Were Days is yet another sound and enjoyable album from a man who stands tall in his field.”
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