(New York, NY) Charged by forward-thinking energy, anthemic lyrical power, and an acutely personal perspective on queer and diverse identity, Love Bash arrives in grand fashion with their long-awaited full-length debut, Falling Upward. The Philadelphia area-based duo of Adelaide “Adi” Day (she/her) and Brandon Christopher (he/him) – co-founders of both Love Bash and the independent production company, Spruce Alley – joined forces with a singular mission to create an individualistic musical ecosystem embracing their own extraordinary uniqueness to break the toxic expectations and the chains (internal and external) that the world puts upon us all. Taking off from that ambitious goal, Falling Upward sees Love Bash reconfiguring contemporary pop with an exuberant, emotional interplay of deeply felt songcraft, collectivist performance, and limitless invention. Traditional borderlines of sound and selfhood are obliterated as elements of electro, synthwave, house, gospel, soul, indie, world music, and more fuse into a one-of-a-kind musical multiverse where passion and honesty are as essential as melody, chorus, and genre-shattering ingenuity.
Central to Love Bash’s objective is to showcase their songs by platforming a cadre of wholly dissimilar yet equally gifted vocal artists, each of whom adds beguiling shades to Adi and Brandon’s already variegated template. Tracks like the haunting new single, “Nights Crawling,” (with Ruby Dibble) are lithe and inventive, boasting both aesthetic commitment and human heart, as the songs on Falling Upward chart Adi’s journey of self-realization as she came out as trans.
Directed by Alejandro Montoya Marin, the cinematic music video depicts a world in the not-so-distant future. In 2035, a city has been destroyed and replaced with a “People Zoo.” The residents of this new civilization indulge their every desire as an AI overlord studies their interactions and plans its own advancement.
“The People Zoo is a metaphor for the class struggle that values people only for their contribution to the capitalist system, while the metaverse represents the immeasurable wealth that is flowing toward the egotistical goals of the elite,” Adi explains. “A metaverse that is built on human suffering.”
Unapologetically swinging for the fences with their immersive sound and vision, Love Bash is determined to continue defying expectations and resisting easy pigeonholes, bridging genres and techniques while navigating the infinite possibilities of friendship and collaboration. With its defiant, principled courage and truly uncommon aural approach, Falling Upward marks a dynamic, impressively inviting welcome to Love Bash’s audacious and inclusive sound world.
Falling Upward drops 12.13.2024. Nights Crawling is out now, wherever you listen to music.
