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SUMMARY:Baby Smith
LOCATION:Aalhaus
DESCRIPTION:Baby Smith | 12.10.26 | Live\n\nRay 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 ca
 r stereo whether they liked it or not. Both self taught musicians\, they b
 egan writing songs from an early age\, evoking the quiet beaches of Byron 
 Bay and the wild Gondwana Rainforest that were their back yards.\n\nBy uni
 versity\, they were writing hazy\, sun-kissed demos to upload online and b
 urn onto CDs for their friends. Inspired by technicolour\, small-town beat
 niks and surfers\, and the romantic soundtracks of their early youth\, the
  foundations of Baby Smith were laid a long time ago. But neither Saxon no
 r Ray knew each other yet\, despite likely crossing paths.\nThe 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\, deepl
 y melodic sounds of 1960s psychedelia and 1990s Grunge. What followed thei
 r creative union was musical exploration and experiments that led to the g
 enesis of Baby Smith in 2023.\n\nSince 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 
 debut album 'Lately\, Love Is Dead'. Written entirely in their Berlin flat
  using a deliberately stripped-back home setup including dented microphone
 s\, a broken mic stand\, and a glitching 12-year-old interface\, the recor
 d trades the sun-kissed haze of their early releases for something darker
 \, sharper and more immediate. The songwriting carries new weight\; the pr
 oduction feels urgent and alive. It sounds like the duo have jumped into a
  whole new sonic universe\, and it's catchy as hell!\n\nThematically\, the
  album wrestles with the human experience at close range: love and loss\, 
 self-doubt and self-loathing\, fractured relationships\, substance abuse w
 ithin inner circles\, and a simmering disillusionment with modern life and
  the digital status quo. What began without a fixed concept gradually reve
 aled itself as a portrait of a specific\, volatile period in their lives.
 \n\nTheir creative collaboration drives the project. Ray approaches writin
 g 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 t
 he band’s wider artistic references stretch from André Courrèges to 
 Suzanne Valadon and Jean-Michel Basquiat.\n\nBaby 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 Ki
 ng Hannah\, Sarah Klang\, Cousin Kula and Lo Moon. Baby Smith are set to h
 it the road again in 2026 with a UK & EU tour in support of “Lately\, Lo
 ve Is Dead”\, which is set for release July 10th.\n\nBoletos: https://ww
 w.tixforgigs.com/Event/72869/baby-smith-aalhaus-hamburg
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