Crowded House open for business again
"It's true I'm missing you," Neil Finn sings on "Time on Earth," rock band Crowded House's fifth studio album and first in 14 years, according to AP.
The song is "Silent House," written with the Dixie Chicks -- whose own version appears on last year's Grammy Award-winning "Taking the Long Way." It's one of several "Time on Earth" tracks reflecting on the 2005 death of the band's drummer, Paul Hester.
But considering the group's 1996 split, Finn's lyrics could just as easily concern fellow bandmates bassist Nick Seymour and multi-instrumentalist Mark Hart.
The trio are reunited and bolstered by new drummer Matt Sherrod on "Time on Earth," released July 2 internationally through 
Parlophone/EMI and July 10 in the United States on ATO Records.
"We've fashioned a beast that carries the name quite well," Finn said. "There's a real sense of unity that comes from the new lineup."
Despite the decade-plus layoff, the band -- which formed in Melbourne, Australia, under the leadership of New Zealand native Finn -- retains major appeal in Europe and Down Under. U.S. sales, however, have diminished since its self-titled Capitol debut in 1986, which was certified platinum by the Recording
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