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Nearly 40 years on, Crowded House is still going strong.\xa0

The band was formed in Australia back in 1986, with kiwi Neil Finn and Aussies Paul Hester and Nick Seymour at the helm.\xa0

After more than two years since they last released original music, Crowded House has just dropped their new single \u2018Oh Hi\u2019.\xa0

The single is part of their 8th studio album \u2018Gravity Stairs\u2019, which is due out in a couple of months.\xa0

The band first went platform back in 1986 with their self-titled album, Finn describing the process of writing the songs as \u201ccompulsive and magical.\u201d\xa0

\u201cWhen things do reach the zeitgeist and have a life, it is very exciting.\u201d\xa0

He told Newstalk ZB\u2019s Mike Hosking that at the start they were primarily playing acoustic gigs in restaurants and lounge rooms, their energy and enthusiasm driving their success.\xa0

\u201cWhen the success comes, it\u2019s a delightful thing,\u201d Finn said.\xa0

\u201cThe stars line up all of a sudden.\u201d\xa0

While the band doesn\u2019t necessarily have anything to prove to the world, having maintained their success for over three decades, Finn said he still has to prove it to himself.\xa0

\u201cEvery time I sit down to write a song, you know, I want to make sure that it\u2019s something I believe it the best work I can do at the moment.\u201d \xa0

With such a long-lasting career with plenty of crowd favourites, Finn is relived that he still enjoys playing them.\xa0

\u201cIt would be a drag if you had a novelty song be your biggest hit and it became a burden to play.\u201d\xa0

Bands evolve over time, both in their sound and structure, and Finn revealed that for most artists, it\u2019s not as planned as they make it seem.\xa0

\u201cMost of the time people are just sort of, stumbling along.\u201d\xa0

The chances of artists catching on and finding success is greatly improved by having good managers and producers, he told Hosking, but it\u2019s also reliant on communication skills.\xa0

\u201cYou have to learn how to engage with the world as well.\u201d\xa0

This is not a skillset every artist has, Finn said, resulting in some people falling off, leaving huge talents behind.\xa0

When it comes to their upcoming album, Finn hopes that just as the band as grown and gotten better over the years, so too will \u2018Gravity Stairs\u2019.\xa0

\u201cThere might be another on stage that\u2019s even better,\u201d he told Hosking, referring to the multiple versions of \u2018Oh Hi\u2019.\xa0

\u201cWe\u2019re gonna play a whole lot of shows this year, and I bet you it will, end up being, you know, something again that\u2019s a step up on stage.\u201d\xa0

\u201cThat\u2019s what it should be.\u201d\xa0

\u2018Gravity Stairs\u2019 will be releasing Friday, May 31st via BMG.\xa0

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