Lava La Rue will release their debut album, STARFACE, on June 21st, 2024, via Dirty Hit. The announcement arrives alongside a new single titled “Push N Shuv.” The track is Heavily influenced by the iconic American New Wave band Tom Tom Club, Lava worked closely with Karma Kid (Dua Lipa, Aminé, ShyGirl), who produced the record.

Lava La Rue on “Push N Shuv”:

“I wrote “Push N Shuv” 5 years ago before COVID (the vocals you hear on the song are still my 21-year-old voice) and I knew when I wrote it in 2019 that if I made an album, that’s what I wanted it to sound like. It’s literally been years in the making and honing in on that sound and it only feels fitting that this is the song that I announce the album with.”

“Push n Shuv” lands with a vsual co-directed by Lava La Rue and Claryn Chong, alongside MrMr Films. The video, which aligns with the wider narrative of the forthcoming STARFACE record, serves as the introduction of Lava’s STARFACE alter-ego before they travel to Earth for the first time. Again, rife with ‘70s/80s infomercials/late-night TV riffs, the video even has a magnetic dance break and helps shift the viewer’s consciousness into Lava’s newly created world.

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.

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 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.

Lava La Rue
STARFACE
Tracklist

“A Star Journey Begins…”
“Better” ft. Cuco
“Manifestation Manifesto”
“Push N Shuv”
“STARFACE’s DESCENT” ft. tendai
“Aerial Head”
“Poison Cookie” ft. Audrey Nuna
“Friendship’s Death Interlude”
“FLUORESCENT / Beyond Space” ft. NiNE8, Feux
“Interplanetary Hoppin” ft. So!YoON!
“LOVEBITES”
“CHANGE”
“HUMANITY”
“Second Hand Sadness” ft. yunè pinku
“Shell of You”
“Sandown Beach”
“Celestial Destiny” ft. bb Sway

Pre-order STARFACE by Lava La Rue HERE