Recording Four Letter Words

New Zealand musician Simon Spire, 28, is forging a career on both sides of the globe simultaneously. Spire has lived in New York since 28. His second album, Four-Letter Words is due to be released in New Zealand on April 4. Spire will return home to New Zealand to promote it with a performance in Auckland a few days later. Then he’ll head back to the US to focus on a massive launch: 6 to 8 tour dates. Spire was a double-finalist in the USA Songwriting Competition, and a finalist in the Hudson Valley Songfest in New York. “I certainly feel very lucky to be able to make a great-sounding album, and just being able to move to the US in the first place and experience this bustling music scene was a huge deal,” Spire says.