My Skyscraper is a studio album by Scottish-American singer-songwriter Steven Hall, performing under the stage name Nirosta Steel. It was released on June 29, 2026, on Ulyssa Records. The album is a compilation of previously unreleased recordings made by Hall over a period of roughly 40 years. It received critical acclaim upon its release.
Background Ulyssa Records co-founders, Eric Deines and John Williamson, had been tipped off about Hall's 2014 album Cool Fire by Shane Lavers of Chanel Beads, which prompted the pair to reach out to Hall for unreleased Nirosta Steel material.
Deines encouraged Hall to submit music that was recorded on his own, rather than his collaborations with Arthur Russell. As a result, "Go For The Night" is the only song on the album co-written by Russell. Production by Russell also appears on the songs "Triangularize", "Fresh Feelings", and "Special Weakness".
Critical reception
My Skyscraper was released to critical acclaim. In a 9.0/10 review for Pitchfork, Harry Tafoya called the album "at once an archival triumph and one of the year's most thrilling new releases," writing that "the record seems to exist in its own time warp, echoing through the years while confounding any simple, linear notion of tradition or progress." Writing for Paste, Andy Steiner awarded the album an "A" rating, describing its music as "anachronistic, slipping back and forth across time," and noting its combination of "velvety disco leaking out of Paradise Garage" and "improvisational ramblings over punk guitar."
Track listing Track listing and credits are adapted from Tidal.
Personnel Credits are adapted from Tidal.
Musicians
Steven Hall —composer (all tracks), vocals (tracks 1-13, 15-17), rhythm guitar (1, 15), bass (3, 10, 16), drum programming (3, 4, 16), guitar (3-12, 14, 16, 17), keyboards (3 ,8, 9, 16), bass synthesizer (4), harmonica (9) Tor Thani — lead guitar (1) Drop Out Orchestra — bass (2, 9), drum Programming (2), guitar (2), keyboards (2), piano (9) Nell Shakespeare — vocals (2) Arthur Russell — drum programming (5), drums (11, 12), composer (15) Alex Cortex — composer (7), drum programming (7), keyboards (7) Nikolaus Neumann — composer (9) Hung Chiu Fung —vocals (14) Ernie Brooks — bass (15) Bill Ruyle —drums (15) Elodie Lauten — keyboards (15) Larry Saltzman — lead guitar (15) Mustafa Ahmed — percussion (15) Peter Zummo — trombone (15) Joyce Kirby — vocals (15)
Technical
Steven Hall —engineering (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8-10, 13, 16, 17) Bob Blank — engineering (5) Mark Friedman — engineering (5) Jim Shun — engineering (14) Alex Lipsen — engineering (15) Brennan Green — engineering (15) Peter Zummo — engineering (15)
References