Description
Release Date Friday 3rd October 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.
Ava Luna’s self-titled album marks a grounded and introspective evolution for the Brooklyn quartet. Now consisting of Carlos Hernandez, Julian Fader, Ethan Bassford, and Felicia Douglass, the band returns after a long hiatus with a stripped-down sound centered on drums, bass, and dual vocals. This back-to-basics approach, a shift from the "cosmic" feel of their previous Moon 2, is rooted in shared NYC experiences and the rhythms of everyday life.
Themes of exhaustion, community, and precarious joy emerge across tracks like
“Lasting Impression,” about job-weariness, and “Math Money Job,” a playful chant on reunion and embodiment. Julian’s drums and Ethan’s bass drive the album, inspired in part by Soul Coughing’s raw sampling style, heard on tracks like “Frame of Us.” Vocally, Carlos and Felicia move as one—blending, harmonizing, and fragmenting with intent, especially on “Archive.”
Though minimalist at its core, the album’s sound is lush and textural, enriched by
congas from reggae legend Larry McDonald, piano, samples, and guitar noise. Songs like “Social Diving” and “My Walk” reflect personal and urban histories, while “Your Man” and “Fancy” speak to resilience and dignity. The result is Ava Luna at its most honest and refined—a portrait of NYC and of a band still evolving, still urgent.
“…post-soul…pulsating from one energy to another, suggesting art project and ritual.”
– THE NEW YORK TIMES
“…irresistibly fun…Ava Luna are an exhilarating live band…”
– PITCHFORK
“…a beaming mix of ice-cool vintage '80s no wave grooves and extra-lush three-part girl group harmonies…Ava Luna has infectious, minimalist, ESG-style beats for days.”
– SPIN
“…equal parts brain and soul, pairing tricked-out synth work with Motown-inspired dance grooves.”
– THE NEW YORKER
Tracklisting:
1 Math Money Job
2 Frame of Us
3 Lasting Impression
4 Fancy
5 Social Diving
6 Your Man
7 Roof
8 Archive
9 Tacos El Bronco
10 My Walk
11 Game Level
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