BALU BRIGADA
PORTAL
Label: WARNER MUSIC AUSTRALIA
Releasedatum: 26-12-2025
Herkomst: NL
Item-nr: 4831425
EAN: 5021732831613
Levertijd: 3 a 5 werkdagen
Recensie
Portal is the debut full-length album from Balu Brigada, the genre-blurring groove-pop duo made up of New Zealand brothers Henry and Pierre Beasely.
Written, produced, and recorded entirely by the pair over three years in cities across the globe - from New York to Berlin to Auckland - the album captures a wide emotional and sonic spectrum, balancing experimental alt-pop with festival-ready hooks. Built on lush instrumentation, slippery basslines, and layered synths, Portal explores themes of escapism, vulnerability, and self-discovery, while reflecting the duo’s deep creative bond and hands-on approach. The result is a bold, cathartic, and immersive debut that marks a major step forward for a band known for pushing the boundaries of modern pop.
Written, produced, and recorded entirely by the pair over three years in cities across the globe - from New York to Berlin to Auckland - the album captures a wide emotional and sonic spectrum, balancing experimental alt-pop with festival-ready hooks. Built on lush instrumentation, slippery basslines, and layered synths, Portal explores themes of escapism, vulnerability, and self-discovery, while reflecting the duo’s deep creative bond and hands-on approach. The result is a bold, cathartic, and immersive debut that marks a major step forward for a band known for pushing the boundaries of modern pop.
Tracks
Disc 1
1. The Portal
2. So Cold
3. Golden Gate Girl
4. Sideways
5. Birthday Interlude
6. Backseat
7. Politix
8. The Question
9. 4:25
10. Isolation
11. What Do We Ever Really Know?
12. Butterfly Boy
