Backbone (Kasey Chambers album)

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Backbone
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Released4 October 2024 (2024-10-04)
Label Essence
Kasey Chambers chronology
Campfire
(2018)
Backbone
(2024)
Singles from Backbone
  1. "Backbone (The Desert Child)"
    Released: 30 July 2024 [1]

Backbone is the thirteenth studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers. It was announced on 30 July 2024 alongside its lead single. [2] The album is scheduled for release on 4 October 2024. [1]

Upon announcement, Chambers said "Good and bad, this album is who I am. I worked with my favourite musicians, and I sang about every beautiful, joyous, embarrassing and tough thing I've gone through. Everything that's gone into making me this person." [1] The album is inspired by material from Chambers' book Just Don’t Be a Dickhead, scheduled for release on 1 October 2024. [3]

Track listing

  1. "A New Day Has Come"
  2. "Backbone (The Desert Child)"
  3. "A Love Like Springsteen"
  4. "Dart n Feather"
  5. "For Better or Worse"
  6. "Little Red Riding Hood"
  7. "Silverado Girl"
  8. "The Divorce Song" (featuring Shane Nicholson)
  9. "Arlo"
  10. "Broken Cup"
  11. "My Kingdom Come" (featuring Ondara)
  12. "Something to Believe In"
  13. "Take Me Down the Mountain"
  14. "You are Everything to Me"
  15. "Lose Yourself" (Live at Newcastle Civic Theatre)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kasey Chambers Announces New Album 'Backbone'". Country Town. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. "Just Don't Be a Dickhead: Kasey Chambers has written a book accompanying her new album Backbone". Beat Magazine. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  3. "Kacey Chambers – Backbone". Fem Music. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.