℗ 2024 Universal Music Australia Pty
| Released | October 4, 2024 |
| Duration | 31m 32s |
| Record Label | EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd |
| Genre | Pop |
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1.1
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Lum Chum
Nick Ward |
0:27 | |||
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1.2
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Shooting Star
Nick Ward |
2:24 | |||
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1.3
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Gimme
Nick Ward |
2:24 | |||
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1.4
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House With The Blue Door
Nick Ward |
3:25 | |||
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1.5
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Father Son Holy Mountain
Nick Ward |
3:48 | |||
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1.6
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Control
Nick Ward |
3:08 | |||
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1.7
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Go!
Nick Ward |
3:05 | |||
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1.8
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Nothing (To You)
Nick Ward |
2:46 | |||
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1.9
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Speak
Nick Ward |
2:41 | |||
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1.10
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I Wanna Be A Mother
Nick Ward |
3:43 | |||
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1.11
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All Your Life
Nick Ward |
3:41 |
Nick Ward’s music transcends boundaries, weaving together elements of indie pop rock, emo, electronic and hip-hop to create a sound that is uniquely his own. With each song, he invites listeners into a world of introspection, vulnerability, and raw emotion. Nick’s artistry continues to captivate audiences worldwide, earning him accolades and recognition as a breakthrough artist in the music industry.
Nick Ward initially envisioned his debut album, House With The Blue Door, completed just before his 22nd birthday, as a kind of blurred time capsule for his youth. After spending an afternoon at a Sydney exhibition of Hilma Af Klint’s “The Ten Largest” (1907) paintings, Nick Ward had the idea to create an album about childhood, and the lingering emotions of the past.
As with his previous releases, Nick mostly wrote and produced House With The Blue Door in his bedroom studio. Filled with trinkets, a wall of photos, film stills, scraps of writing, posters, and a whiteboard with scribbled ideas, it’s the exact recording environment one imagines when listening to Nick’s bedroom-spun pop. There is a tactile, rough-hewn quality to the album: hissing tapes, see-sawing rhythms, skittering beats, and a rambling voicemail recording left by one of Nick’s grandparents’ friends.
As a producer, Nick cites the innovative ambient artist Brian Eno as a core influence. Preferring to work with first-take recordings of instruments and vocals, there is a playfulness alongside his fanatical attention to sounds.
“It’s about family, childhood, and the difficult relationship we have with the past. I think your early-twenties is about coming to terms with your childhood, especially after finishing high school and experiencing more of the world. 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. I finished this album right before my 22nd birthday, so it felt nice to encapsulate my adolescence in one statement. 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."
- Nick Ward
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.38 -1.07 to -0.30 | -11.78 -15.32 to -9.29 | -9.39 -12.90 to -7.30 | 6 5 to 7 | |
| 1 | Lum Chum | -1.07 | -15.32 | -12.9 | 7 |
| 2 | Shooting Star | -0.40 | -11.07 | -9.0 | 5 |
| 3 | Gimme | -0.30 | -11.16 | -8.7 | 5 |
| 4 | House With The Blue Door | -0.34 | -12.53 | -10.0 | 6 |
| 5 | Father Son Holy Mountain | -0.30 | -11.81 | -9.0 | 6 |
| 6 | Control | -0.30 | -9.29 | -7.3 | 5 |
| 7 | Go! | -0.30 | -10.28 | -8.1 | 5 |
| 8 | Nothing (To You) | -0.30 | -10.53 | -8.4 | 5 |
| 9 | Speak | -0.30 | -12.42 | -10.2 | 6 |
| 10 | I Wanna Be A Mother | -0.30 | -13.26 | -10.8 | 7 |
| 11 | All Your Life | -0.30 | -11.86 | -8.9 | 7 |