David Byrne has released an expanded edition of ‘Who Is The Sky?‘, featuring two new songs – check them out below.
The former Talking Heads frontman originally released his latest solo album in September 2025, his first studio record since 2018’s ‘American Utopia‘. It featured contributions from Hayley Williams, St. Vincent and The Smile‘s Tom Skinner.
To mark its one year annivesary, Byrne has shared an expanded version featuring four bonus tracks including new single ‘My Madness’, which you can listen to below and previous single ¿Cuál Es La Razón?
“WHAT’S AN ALBUM? Good question. Vinyl fans and crate diggers have a sense of an album as a fixed thing – a set of songs on a physical object – in a specific order that presumably the artist thinks makes for a cohesive listening experience,” Byrne said of the expanded edition.
“But streaming and downloads turned all that on its head. Albums can be super long, super short, and the songs can change over time. The only consistent thing might be that the songs were composed and recorded around a similar time – so they speak to that time and place, and have some sort of sonic continuity.”
He continued: “So here’s my most recent album now expanded with 2 songs that were cut, not because they weren’t good (I hope) but to give the initial album a nice variety of grooves and subjects. My Madness – this is one of my personal favourites – the singer imagines their “madness” as a separate entity from themselves, one that they come to love, understand and respect.
“There’s a reconciliation. There’s an old song (T Shirt) that we added to our set list with images of statements folks wear on their T Shirts. And a wonderful re-imagining of What is The Reasons for It created by Mexican Institute of Sound and co-written and sung by Natalia Lafoucade.”
Byrne is also set to release his new book Sleeping Beauties, on October 8 (pre-order it here).
Published by Penguin Random House, the book centres on philosophical questions including why some ideas are considered ahead of their time and naturally move back into the spotlight when the world is ready for them.
The following month he will do a book tour in the UK. You can find all the dates here and purchase tickets here.
