Lava La Rue makes ambition look easy. While the multi-talented artist worked on richly layered EPs Butter-Fly (2021) and Hi-Fidelity (2022), they quietly paved the path to STARFACE, their innovative, long-awaited debut concept album (out in June 2024 on Dirty Hit). It’s an expansive indie album, where Lava brings in international features, blends genres and co-directs an entire universe of visuals. “Making this album felt like making a movie,” they say. “It felt like I’d assembled a team that I’d wanted to assemble for ages.” STARFACE is not only a concept album but a reintroduction to Lava as an artist. All roads have led them here.
2LP TRACKLIST:
Side A
- A Star Journey Begins…
- Better ft Cuco
- Manifestation Manifesto
- Push N Shuv
- STARFACE’s DESCENT ft Tendai
- Aerial Head
Side B
- Poison Cookie ft Audrey Nuna
- Friendship’s Death Interlude
- FLUORESCENT / Beyond Space ft NiNE8, Feux
Side C
- Interplanetary Hoppin ft So!YoON!
- LOVEBITES
- CHANGE
- HUMANITY
Side D
- Second Hand Sadness ft yunè pinku
- Shell of You
- Sandown Beach
- Celestial Destiny ft bb Sway
