Australia-born, Berlin-based Baby Smith announce their debut album, Lately, Love Is Dead, out 10 July. Alongside the announcement, they share the album’s hypnotic title track.
The duo, composed of Ray Sonder and Saxon Gable, formed in 2023 out of a shared love for 1960s psychedelia and 1990s grunge, creating a collaborative space where the philosophical meets the emotional.
‘Lately, Love Is Dead’ blends existential lyricism with a trancelike, fever-dream soundscape.
“The song touches on idol worship and beauty standards. “I wanna be pretty, I wanna be sought after, I wanna be someone else, I wanna be somewhere else.” This comments on the way our capitalist society is built and how it constantly reinforces that we should always want more and we shouldn’t dare to be satisfied with who we are, how we look, where we are in our lives, or our circumstances. Everything is disposable, people are disposable, love is disposable. We honestly think love may be dead right now. The world is in such a dark place, and it’s pretty hard to bear. As people, we are becoming more isolated and individualised.”
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