LAVA LA RUE
SHARES NEW SINGLE AND LIVE VIDEO
“BETTER” FT. CUCO
DEBUT ALBUM
STARFACE
OUT THIS FRIDAY
LISTEN/WATCH “BETTER” FT. CUCO HERE: https://lavalarue.ffm.
PRE-ORDER/SAVE STARFACE
Lava La Rue has shared their latest single and live video “Better” feat. Mexican-American artist Cuco off their highly anticipated debut album STARFACE out this Friday via Dirty Hit. Previous singles from the album include “Poison Cookie,” “LOVEBITES,” “Humanity,” and “Push N Shuv.” Lava has also announced that they will be headlining two new live dates in Los Angeles and New York this Fall in addition to their support run with Remi Wolf on select dates for the Big Ideas North American tour this September, kicking off on September 10th in Santa Barbara and wrapping in Philadelphia on September 27th – full list of dates below. Tickets on sale now at https://store.
On the focus track “Better”, falsetto vocals flit over horns, hand claps, and crisp live drums, adorned with vocals from Mexican-American musician Cuco. The single transports you back in time to the 1970s. Lava reframes the idea of what an alternative album can be. “I approached it in the way I learned through coming up in NiNE8: making it feature-heavy,” they say. “I’ve gone out of my way to get a featured artist that is a part of every continent or culture that influenced my music taste, from alt K-pop in Korea, to psychedelic Chicano music, to the Irish music scene, to my London family.”
STARFACE is a conceptual psychedelic sci-fi romance album centered around the narrative of an eponymous gender-fluid musical space alien sent to planet Earth to study the reasons why humans are so self-destructive. This thematic exploration adds an intriguing layer to the album, promising listeners an immersive experience that goes beyond the boundaries of conventional music storytelling. It’s an expansive indie album, where Lava brings in multiple featured artists from across the globe, blends and bends genres, and co-directs an entire universe of visuals. “Making this album felt like making a movie,” they say. “It felt like I’d assembled a team that I’d wanted to assemble for ages.” STARFACE is not only a concept album but a reintroduction to Lava as an artist. All roads have led them here. With collaborations with the likes of Cuco, tendai, Audrey Nuna, Nine8, Feux, So!YoON!, yuneÌ pinku, and bbsway, Lava even managed to procure a spoken word moment from none other than the iconic Courtney Love, on the album track “Change”.
As Lava La Rue’s debut LP, STARFACE, is undoubtedly set to resonate with a diverse audience and make a significant impact on the music landscape, solidifying their status as an artist to watch in 2024.
STREAM “BETTER” FT. CUCO
https://lavalarue.ffm.to/
WATCH THE LIVE VIDEO FOR “BETTER” FT. CUCO
https://lavalarue.ffm.to/
PRE-ORDER/SAVE STARFACE
https://lavalarue.ffm.to/
STARFACE… LIVE ON EARTH TOUR
9/30 The Roxy – Los Angeles
10/2 Music Hall of Williamsburg – New York
Lava La Rue / STARFACE (Dirty Hit) Tracklisting
1. AStarJourneyBegins…
2. BetterftCuco
3. ManifestationManifesto
4. PushNShuv
5. STARFACE’sDescentfttendai
6. AerialHead
7. PoisonCookieftAudreyNuna
8. Friendship’sDeath(1987)
9. FLUORESCENT/
10.INTERPLANETARY HOPPIN ft So!YoON!
11. LOVEBITES
12. CHANGE
13. Humanity
14.Second Hand Sadness ft yuneÌ pinku
15.Shell Of You
16.Sandown Beach
17.Celestial Destiny ft bb sway
About Lava La Rue
A defining talent on London’s music scene – and a founding member of NiNE8 Collective – West London native Lava La Rue is a true creative powerhouse. Equally recognized for their artistic vision, Lava’s directorial work has ended up with them being co-signed by the Tate Modern, heading talks at the BFI and creatively directing a Live TV performance for the 2023 Brit Awards. Since their 2018 online debut performing single “Widdit” on Colors Berlin they’ve released four critically-acclaimed EPs, each navigating their upbringing and influences that range from Gorillaz to the Clash and David Bowie. In 2022 with the genre-bending Hi Fidelity EP Lava began transforming their sound into something more guitar-driven, a transitional project that features collaborations with Foster The People’s Isom Innis and Biig Piig. “I wanted to drop one last project that acts as the bridge between the Lava that debuted, the one everyone knows, and the person I’m becoming,” they explained, and this year they’re finally fully diving into a blend of alternative indie and psychedelic rock; binding together a generation of listeners who’ve long sought something queer and gear shifting in that space. Lava La Rue’s long-awaited debut album STARFACE is an epic Sci-Fi inspired adventure that at its lyrical core, is concerned about what makes us human. Exploring various genre influences from funk, to dance, to alt rock, and featuring collaborations from Cuco, Audrey Nuna, tendai, and more, Lava La Rue has marked their arrival, with their eyes set on world domination.