Nick Ward announces debut album, supporting Troye Sivan this November

by | Friday Jul 12, 2024 | News

Nick Ward

Nick Ward, Photograph: Joe Brennan

Sydney-based singer-songwriter Nick Ward will release his debut album, House With The Blue Door, on Friday 4 October. The record’s latest single is “All Your Life,” the video for which can be found below. Ward was recently announced as the main support for Troye Sivan’s Something to Give Each Other Australian tour.

Ward wrote and produced “All Your Life” with Brisbane producer Maxwell Byrne, better known as Golden Vessel. It’s the third single to be released from the album, following “Shooting Star” and “Gimme.”

The album centres on themes of family, childhood, and one’s relationship with the past. Ward arrived at this lyrical focus after visiting an exhibition of the works of Swedish abstract painter Hilma af Klint at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

“I think your early 20s is about coming to terms with your childhood, especially after finishing high school and experiencing more of the world,” Ward said in a statement. “Starting therapy really made me realise how much emotional baggage I was holding onto, and this record was made while I was unpacking all of that.”

Ward finished making the album shortly before he turned 22. “It felt nice to encapsulate my adolescence in one statement,” he said. “For a while it was hard for me to listen to, just because of the headspace I was in while making it, but now it brings me a lot of joy and it gives me closure to finally release it.”

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    Nick Ward - "All Your Life"

    Troye Sivan 2024 Australian tour
    w/ Nick Ward

    Tuesday 19 Nov – The Drive, Adelaide
    Thursday 21 Nov – Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
    Tuesday 26 Nov – Riverstage, Brisbane
    Thursday 28 Nov – Sydney Opera House Forecourt, Sydney

    Tickets on sale Tuesday 16 July via Live Nation

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