Breakout Alternative Duo Balu Brigada Ask "What Do We Ever Really Know"
Acclaimed alternative pop duo Balu Brigada have shared their latest release, “What Do We Ever Really Know?,” available now via Atlantic Records/ARRO Records/Warner Australia HERE. Lissafi da aka ƙaddamar da video da aka samuwa a yau a YouTube HERE. A sabon lissafi ya gabatar da cikakken dace na band na full-length debut album, Portal, arriving everywhere on Friday, August 29. Pre-orders/pre-saves are available now HERE.
'What Do We Ever Really Know?' ne mai ban sha'awa, mai ban sha'awa tare da mai ban sha'awa na yanzu - ya ce Balu Brigada. "Kuma da ƙarfi na zama da kuma duk da ƙarfi da ke samu tare da ƙarfi, amma samu da ƙarfi mai kyau wanda zai ba ka saukar da ƙarfi da kuma rayuwa a cikin al'amari cewa ba mu sani wani abu, kuma mu dukan kawai al'ummai a kan wani ƙarfi, su yi mafi kyau."
Recently named among SiriusXM’s 2025 “Future Five” as well as Amazon Music’s “Breakthrough: Artists To Watch 2025,” Balu Brigada – brothers, co-vocalists, co-writers, and co-producers Henry and Pierre Beasely – spent three years creating Portal a cikin studio a ko'ina cikin duniya, karkashin gida New Zealand zuwa New York, Berlin, Los Angeles, da kuma fiye da. Kowane yanki ya ba da shawara a kan music, yielding “heavier and grungier energy” for the NYC recordings da “a softer and calmer” Vibe ga NZ kayayyakin. Yawan daga kayayyakin tsakanin sesiyoyin da tafiya, matawa suna cikakken sha'awar da su ƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙ Portal may resound to the heavens, its emotion is irrefutably grounded and utterly relatable.
Portal was first announced earlier this summer with the release of “Backseat,” available now HERE, already seeing over 11M global streams to date, climbing the US Alternative Airplay chart where it sits at #24, reaching #19 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart, and garnering international airplay across stations. Clocking in at over six minutes, the ambitious epic showcases the scope of Balu Brigada’s intricate, infectious, and inimitable vision, blurring the lines between experimental energy, and arena-size rock.
“So Cold” - na farko singa daga Portal album - ya ci gaba don tabbatar da Balu Brigada ta mafi kyau har yanzu tare da fiye da 49M a duniya da kuma sayarwa. Wannan spring ya nuna lissafi da aka sani Billboardta “Chartbreaker” don watan Afrilu, da aka gabatar da wani feature mahada wanda ya gabatar da "spiky, slinky and above all Strokes-y single (which) reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart in March — a ranking more often dominated by legacy acts than a breakout outfit like Balu Brigada.” “So Cold” – which further earned prestigious inclusion on EA Sports FC 25 soundtrack – is joined by an official music video currently boasting close to 3M views HERE. Balu Brigada ya ƙaddamar da mafi kyau ta ban sha'awar ta hanyar samar da tsibirin tsibirin tsibiri na TV tare da wani showstopping yi na “So Cold” a kan ABC's Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!, streaming HERE.
Balu Brigada zai tsabar Portal a cikin mafi girma North American headline run to date. The Portal Tour Ta yaya a 3 Oktoba tare da wani show a Mexico City, MX's Foro Puebla, kuma ya tafiya duniya ta hanyar karkashin Nuwamba. Highlights sun hada da shows a kamar Los Angeles, CA's The Fonda Theatre (Oktoba 9), Seattle, WA's The Crocodile (Oktoba 14), Chicago, IL's Thalia Hall (Oktoba 22), Detroit, MI's El Club (Oktoba 24), Montreal, QC's Théâtre Fairmount (Oktoba 27), New York City's Webster Hall (Oktoba 30), Washington, DC's 9:30 Club (Nuwamba 1), da Austin, TX's Mohawk (Nuwamba 15). Tickets ga duk da bayanai da aka sayar yanzu. Don duba bayanai, www.balu-brigada.com/tour.
Hailed by i-D as “a real band na brothers yin tunes da aka sauke tare da hooks cewa za a yi tsarkakewa game da ƙaunarka don kwanaki,” Balu Brigada craft multi-dimensional alternative pop layered with levels of lush live instrumentation, cinematic production, and festival-ready hooks. Based in Auckland, NZ, brothers Henry and Pierre Beasley honed their distinctive sonic approach through high school before landing a deal with Warner Music Australia, Atlantic Music Group, and ARRO Records. 2022’s debut EP, I Should Be Home yaushe da Balu Brigada da kuma duniya mai ban sha'awar don ƙirƙirar ƙirƙirar hankali na irresistible hooks da introspective lyricism. 2023's Find A Way hiƙa da mataki, ƙirƙirar fiye da 26M a duniya na lissafi a kan ƙarfi na top 10 viral smash, "Designer." A lokacin da haka, Balu Brigada ya samu tsabar kudi daga wasu kayayyakin kamar Rolling Stone, Ones To Watch, and PEOPLE, the latter of which named the band to its “Talented Emerging Artists Making Their Mark” list, praising their “soaring falsetto choruses, synth hooks and an irresistible, underlying groove.” Summer 2024 ya gabatar da Balu Brigada tare da Twenty One Pilots don ƙirƙirar su a cikin North American, EU / UK, Latin America, da AU / NZ ƙirƙirar da cikakken ci gaba da Clancy World Tour, wani epic arena run cewa ya gabatar da band zaune fãce da sabon fans tare da kowane sale-out show. Yanzu, tare da farin gwiwa na Portal, Balu Brigada ƙirƙirar zuwa sabon stratosphere a cikin abin da aka zama wani m adventure na music discovery.
Balu Brigada The Portal Tour 2025:
Tickets and info at www.balu-brigada.com/tour
OCTOBER
3 – Mexico City, MX – Foro Puebla [SOLD OUT]
4 – Guadalajara, MX – C4 Concert House
6 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
7 – San Diego, CA – Music Box
9 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre
10 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
10 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent [SOLD OUT]
12 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
14 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
15 – Vancouver, BC – The Pearl
17 – Boise, ID – Neurolox
18 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Grand at the Complex
20 – Denver, CO – Summit
22 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
23 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
24 – Detroit, MI – El Club
25 – Toronto, ON – Concert Hall
27 – Montreal, QC – Théâtre Fairmount
28 – Boston, MA – Royale
30 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
31 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry at the Fillmore
NOVEMBER
1 – Washington DC – 9:30 Club
3 – Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle
4 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
6 – Jacksonville, FL – FIVE
7 – Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live
8 – Tampa, FL – Janus Live
9 – Miami, FL – Zeyzey Miami
13 – Dallas, TX – Studio at The Bomb Factory
14 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
15 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
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