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WARNER MUSIC
announce forthcoming
SPLIT ENZ
tribute album
‘TRUE COLOURS, NEW COLOURS
– THE SONGS OF SPLIT ENZ’

FEATURING RE-IMAGINED COVERS OF THE ICONIC ‘TRUE COLOURS’ ALBUM FROM THE LIKES OF LIME CORDIALE, BUSBY MAROU, BERNARD FANNING, STAN WALKER, SHIHAD AND MORE

OUT FRIDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 2021

FIRST SINGLE “I GOT YOU”, COVERED BY SHIHAD, OUT TODAY

PRE-ORDER HERE

LISTEN TO “I GOT YOU” HERE

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True Colours, the most commercially successful album of New Zealand group Split Enz’s career, celebrated its 40th anniversary earlier in the year. To commemorate the milestone, the multi-platinum album is now set to be re-imagined and covered by a stellar mix of Australian and New Zealand artists and released as ‘True Colours, New Colours – The Songs of Split Enz’, out on 12th February 2021. Pre-order the album HERE.

On the project, Tim Finn notes “True Colours, New Colours features an eclectic group of artists who bring eccentricity and swagger to these tunes. Curated in a singular manner which eschews the obvious and turns up the attitude. Love it!”

Featuring covers from the likes of Lime Cordiale, Bernard Fanning, Busby Marou, Stan Walker, Ladyhawke, Robinson, Shihad, Dual, Pacific Heights, The Beths and Chelsea Jade, each covered track will be released alongside the original Spilt Enz version of the song digitally, the first cover to be shared, “I Got You”, from the forthcoming album comes from New Zealand rock band, Shihad. Listen to “I Got You” HERE.

Jon Toogood from Shihad also adding “As a kid Split Enz made me believe that you could be from NZ and still conquer the world if you made great music. We were honored to have been asked to do one of our favourite Split Enz tracks ‘I Got You’ for the upcoming tribute album – True Colours, New Colours – The Songs of Split Enz. This track was a big part of the soundtrack of our childhoods and is an absolute banger. We basically kept pretty true to the original (it being so good and all) but just made it apocalyptically heavy which we thought would be apt for the times we seem to be living through at the moment. It has been designed to be played as loud as humanly possible so do that when you get a chance.”

The multi-platinum selling ‘True Colours’ was originally recorded in Melbourne’s Armstrong Studio in late 1979 and featured the band line-up of Tim Finn (vocals), Neil Finn (guitar and vocals), Eddie Rayner (keyboards), Noel Crombie (percussion), Nigel Griggs (bass) and Malcolm Green (drums) and  features timeless Split Enz songs including “Poor Boy”, “I Hope I Never” and “I Got You”.

The album will be available in a hot pink coloured vinyl and as a deluxe 22-track digital edition (featuring the 11 Split Enz originals) on Friday 12th February 2021.

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‘True Colours, New Colours
– The Songs of Split Enz’
Vinyl Track Listing

SIDE A

Shark Attack – Chelsea Jade
I Got You – Shihad
What’s the Matter with You – The Beths
Double Happy – Dual
I Wouldn’t Dream Of It – Ladyhawke
I Hope I Never – Bernard Fanning

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SIDE B

Nobody Takes Me Seriously – Lime Cordiale
Missing Person – Busby Marou
Poor Boy – Stan Walker
How Can I Resist Her – Robinson
The Choral Sea – Pacific Heights

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SHIHAD

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‘True Colours, New Colours
– The Songs of Split Enz’
Deluxe Digital Edition Track Listing:

Shark Attack – Chelsea Jade
I Got You – Shihad
What’s the Matter with You – The Beths
Double Happy – Dual
I Wouldn’t Dream Of It – Ladyhawke
I Hope I Never – Bernard Fanning
Nobody Takes Me Seriously – Lime Cordiale
Missing Person – Busby Marou
Poor Boy – Stan Walker
How Can I Resist Her – Robinson
The Choral Sea – Pacific Heights

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Split Enz Originals:

Shark Attack – Split Enz
I Got You – Split Enz
What’s the Matter with You – Split Enz
Double Happy – Split Enz
I Wouldn’t Dream Of It – Split Enz
I Hope I Never – Split Enz
Nobody Takes Me Seriously – Split Enz
Missing Person – Split Enz
Poor Boy – Split Enz
How Can I Resist Her – Split Enz
The Choral Sea – Split Enz

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AMNPLIFY – DB