BABY SMITH share new single/video "Walkie Talkie". Debut album 'Lately, Love Is Dead' out July 10th & European tour dates announced.

BABY SMITH - Share new single/video "Walkie Talkie" - Debut album 'Lately, Love is Dead' out July 10th - European tour dates announced

Today Baby Smith, project of Australia-born, Berlin-based Ray Sonder and Saxon Gable share another slice of their elegant indie-pop with new single "Walkie Talkie". The band are set to release their debut album 'Lately, Love Is Dead' on July 10th and will tour across Europe later this year.  On the track, the band said "'Walkie Talkie' is us shining a light on our past insecurities and self-doubt. Lyrically, we immersed ourselves in our past experiences, navigating relationships where we struggled to stay rational and fight off the paranoia of being with someone we couldn't completely trust. When someone is saying one thing and doing another, you feel torn about what the reality of your circumstances actually are. Which side of them can be trusted? What is the nature of your relationship? Are they in or out? All these questions come up in your head and in reality just the nature of those questions or the fact that they arise in the first place should be enough to make you see the truth but denial can be a cunning enemy. We had these ghosts of the past show their faces and some long gone experiences were going through our heads when writing this. The colour and texture of the song came out in technicolour and somewhat care free but to us the emotion is mirky and claustrophobic. Contrast in songwriting is important and contradiction can create a nice tension sonically, we really played with this concept in 'Walkie Talkie'." On the video, they added "The concept for the music video came together by pure chance! We got tickets to see Sorry play in Berlin last year. During the show we met an artist by the name of Lena Westerburg Burr who builds sculptures out of wire. She folds the wire in patterns which give them strength and stability, and she is able to create magnificent structures from this. She showed us a glove she had made and we both instantly knew we had to make a music video wearing these gloves. So we did! Lena was brilliant and helped us out on the day. Another friend of ours knew of an abandoned castle in the north of Germany so we decided to ask some pals to dress up as bunnies and pretend to be in our band and we all drove up there and shot it over a couple of days. It was a load of fun!" "Walkie Talkie" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgeLaEjYxhM "Walkie Talkie" on other streaming services: https://ffm.to/walkie-talkie Ray Sonder and Saxon Gable grew up in sleepy beach towns on Australia’s east coast. Their parents were hippies and rockers. They were spoon fed Nirvana and The Beatles on the car stereo whether they liked it or not. Both self taught musicians, they began writing songs from an early age, evoking the quiet beaches of Byron Bay and the wild Gondwana Rainforest that were their back yards. By university, they were writing hazy, sun-kissed demos to upload online and burn onto CDs for their friends. Inspired by technicolour, small-town beatniks and surfers, and the romantic soundtracks of their early youth, the foundations of Baby Smith were laid a long time ago. But neither Saxon nor Ray knew each other yet, despite likely crossing paths. The pair each moved to Berlin from Sydney separately and within two weeks of each other to explore new subcultures and write songs. They met, and soon married, spiritually united by their affection for the whimsical, intimate, deeply melodic sounds of 1960s psychedelia and 1990s Grunge. What followed their creative union was musical exploration and experiments that led to the genesis of Baby Smith in 2023. Since then, Ray and Saxon have had their foot firmly on the gas, writing, producing, and releasing EP I and EP II. However, there is stark contrast between their early music and their upcoming debut album 'Lately, Love Is Dead'. Written entirely in their Berlin flat using a deliberately stripped-back home setup including dented microphones, a broken mic stand, and a glitching 12-year-old interface, the record trades the sun-kissed haze of their early releases for something darker, sharper and more immediate. The songwriting carries new weight; the production feels urgent and alive. It sounds like the duo have jumped into a whole new sonic universe, and it's catchy as hell. Thematically, the album wrestles with the human experience at close range: love and loss, self-doubt and self-loathing, fractured relationships, substance abuse within inner circles, and a simmering disillusionment with modern life and the digital status quo. What began without a fixed concept gradually revealed itself as a portrait of a specific, volatile period in their lives. Their creative collaboration drives the project. Ray approaches writing with philosophical intention and precision; Saxon works instinctively, often guided by texture and feel. A devoted film enthusiast, Saxon drew visual inspiration for the album from Gummo by Harmony Korine, while the band’s wider artistic references stretch from André Courrèges to Suzanne Valadon and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Baby Smith have had a busy start to the project which has seen the duo sell out their debut London, Berlin and Dublin headlines, play across eight countries, and support King Hannah, Sarah Klang, Cousin Kula and Lo Moon. Baby Smith are set to hit the road again in 2026 with a UK & EU tour in support of 'Lately, Love Is Dead', which is set for release July 10th. See Baby Smith live: 15.09.26 Bristol UK - The Gallimaufry 16.09.26 London UK - Sebright Arms 17.09.26 Glasgow UK - Nice N Sleazy 18.09.26 Newcastle UK - Three Tanners Bank 12.10.26 Hamburg, DE - Aalhaus 13.10.26 Mainz, DE - Schon Schön 22.10.26 Leipzig, DE - Noch Besser Leben 23.10.26 Erfurt, DE - Franz Mehlhose 27.10.26 Berlin, DE - Privatclub 'Lately, Love Is Dead' artwork: 'Lately, Love Is Dead' tracklist: 1. Adored 2. Limoncello River (YouTube) 3. Walkie Talkie 4. Golden 5. All I Do 6. Take It Or Leave It 7. Lately, Love Is Dead (YouTube) 8. Don't Look Down 9. Have I Lost Myself Or Sense Of Melody 10. Goodnight Baby Links: Instagram Spotify Website