Babehoven has released “Wave Has A Place,” the final single from their forthcoming LP, I See Them, I See Me, out September 18th via Double Double Whammy. Babehoven is project of singer/songwriter Maya Bon and producer and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Albert. “”Wave Has A Place” is a song about loving someone who is cushioned from consequences, and the loneliness of witnessing that from the outside. It’s about comfort worn as armor, privilege as identity, demanding honesty from someone who refuses to really see anyone else’s perspective. It’s about yearning for a home to be safe but feeling that it’s an alligator nest,” Bon explains.

I See Them, I See Me, Babehoven’s third studio album, probes into the idea of a “parallax view”– different perspectives on the same reality–as the band seeks to reorient themselves in relation to society’s increasingly warped ways of being and seeing. Through fourteen tracks that crackle with clear-eyed vision, Babehoven has crafted a transcendent new collection that gets back to the heart of what makes music meaningful and life worth living.

In 2024, during Babehoven’s first headline tour, Bon suffered from paralysis of her right vocal chord. For much of the next year, she was unable to sing, and she was told that she might never recover. “I have so much gratitude now that I am able to sing again,” Bon says. “To not only sing, but to sing with joy. I think part of the idea of ‘having fun’ with this album is trying to really enjoy what we can do, the gifts we have.” In light of this, the album rings out as a sort of triumphant fist-pump, the flash of a battle scar.

Around the time of her vocal injury, Bon underwent nine sessions of high-dose ketamine therapy for depression. Each session sent her into a kind of lucid dreaming, and many of the lyrics on the album have a surreal, associative quality, further blurring the edges of reality. “As things with climate change and the state of the world get more dire and confusing,” Bon says, “it’s hard to tell sometimes if what we’re experiencing is reality because it feels so unbelievably grim.” Albert agrees, adding, “We have a beautiful life, and also we are witnessing catastrophe after catastrophe happen around the world.” It is another parallax view: what is real and what is a dream?

For the recording of I See Them, I See Me, Babehoven collaborated with Sam Evian, Kevin Copeland, and Phil Weinrobe, who  acted as a co-producers. “We wanted to incorporate a fresh, live, honest feel into the recordings,” the band says. “We actively tried to have more fun with making this album.” To that end, much of I see them, I see me was live – tracked with a six-person ensemble, and Weinrobe instilled a philosophy of “no playback, no headphones, and no preparation” to create maximal presence in the room. This approach allowed the band to loosen up more and tap into the energy of being onstage, where they spent much of the last few years on tour.

Babehoven
I See Them, I See Me
Track List
Double Double Whammy

1. You’re A Liar
2. When You Look at Me
3. Lasagna
4. Monster
5. Blue Around You
6. Something True
7. Jess Has A Place
8. Am I in a Dream
9. Wave Has a Place
10. Neck
11. Beetle on the Scene
12. Three Reds
13. Pelorus

Babehoven 2026 Tour Dates

10/08 – Catskill, NY @ The Avalon Lounge
11/05 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s *
11/07 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right *
11/14 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen ~
11/17 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern ^
11/18 – Portland, OR @ Show Bar ^
11/20 – San Francisco, CA @ 4 Star Theatre ^
11/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon ^

* w/ Jane Lai
~ w/ Shoulder Bird
^ w/ Pileup

Pre-order I See Them, I See Me by Babehoven HERE