Baby Smith announce debut album, Lately, Love Is Dead

Baby Smith, formed by Ray Sonder and Saxon Gable, have been building upon their creative collaboration since 2023, brought together by a shared love for 1960s psychedelia and 1990s grunge. Following their previous releases EP I and EP II, Lately, Love Is Dead is noted as a new chapter for the duo, introduced by the lead single and title track.

Discussing "Lately, Love Is Dead", Baby Smith share: "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.”

Lately, Love Is Dead was written entirely in the Baby Smith's Berlin flat using a stripped-back home recording setup, expanding on the writing and production of their early releases. The album zooms in on a more volatile period of the pair's lives, wrestling with themes of love and loss, self-doubt and self-loathing, fractured relationships, substance abuse within close circles, and an overall sense of disillusionment.

Lately, Love Is Dead artwork

Lately, Love Is Dead tracklist

"Adored"
"Limoncello River"
"Walkie Talkie"
"Golden"
"All I Do"
"Take It Or Leave It"
"Lately, Love Is Dead"
"Don't Look Down"
"Have I Lost Myself Or Sense Of Melody"
"Goodnight Baby"