Written, performed, and produced by Joni Fatora
Mixed by Brian Rosemeyer
Mastered by Drew Lavyne

Birthday

After years of writing and performing, Ava Luna has refined their doo-wop soul meets punk-as-fuck aesthetic into something bold and glaringly defiant in today's indie music landscape. Following the release of their critically lauded first proper full-length Ice Level, the band spent an intense 2-week period writing and recording in upstate New York. Unlike previous efforts that were meticulously mapped out, the songs that would become Electric Balloon were "…a family effort." according to frontman Carlos Hernandez. For the new album, former Columbia composition student Hernandez relinquished the reins a bit, opting for a more organic approach to writing the material for what would become Electric Balloon. As Hernandez explains, it was a "…birth of confidence. I grew closer to my bandmates, began to see the roles of a family playing out. Ethan cooks dinner for all of us, we make lewd jokes, and then 'after-dinner storytelling' takes the form of playing music." 

In the wake of Ice Level, Ava Luna's sharp edges have melted away just enough, making it easier to connect with their no-wave grooves and soaring harmonies. Distilling everything from James Chance and ESG to contemporaries like Dirty Projectors and Of Montreal, Ava Luna have landed on an aggressively unique sound that still manages to be accessible. Hernandez goes on to explain "…the stories and moments here are clearer, as in a conversation. The moment appears, you grab it with your hands, screw the lid on the mason jar. There was no tweaking, no second-guessing. Julian's mantra for the process: 'First thought best thought.'….And for my part, I sing my best about encounters, friendships, some moments beautiful and others painful. A bike shop manager in New Orleans, a derelict porch on Brighton Beach, a yellow sweater in a kitchen in the Catskills, a water duct in the New Mexico desert…"

You can buy the LP here: http://westernvinyl.com/shop/

Ava Luna - PRPL

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pls dont wait up
pls dont wait up 4 me
i hope i wake up
i hope i wake up from this dream
i kno i messed up
bby pls come back 2 me 
gasping i cant breathe
what does any of this mean
its got me stressed out
its all falling from beneath
i just dont know how
how i stay above the ground
the quiets so loud
i cant hear a sound 
im so sick of it all 
im so sick of it all 

and i hope 
that u kno 
that ill always be there
if u need me 
u can always hit my phone
maybe soon yh ill b gone 
pls jus dont leave me alone 
i cant take this anymore 
i cant take this anymore 
soo..

pls dont wait up 
pls dont wait up 4 me
i hope i wake up 
i hope i wake up from this dream 
but its a nightmare
everyday haunting me 
getting closer 
getting closer to the edge 
not sober 
never sober off the meds
i miss u so much 
kinda wish that i was dead
its so fucked 
how u stuck up in my head 
n i think that its the best

and i hope 
that u kno 
that ill always be there
if u need me 
u can always hit my phone
maybe soon yh ill b gone 
pls jus dont leave me alone 
i cant take this anymore 
i cant take this anymore

don’t wait up (deadyami)

I got my Porcelain stitches in
Of course the wind itches em 
All the time 
Packing my bags again
Travel high dragging in
All new signs 

Stop all the press
My friend soda pressed
He’s not with his sugar no more 

Count it on ur chest 
Feel the weight beneath your neck 
Inside your every pore 

Oh this is something that I’ve
Never seen before 
Oh I’ve been wandering and I’m 
Farther than before 

stars on her back
heart in her chest
Eyes like the cosmos
In my mind where she rests 

Come Float with me 
Let’s leave this all behind 
over the sea 
All Thru the sky 

Any place you imagine
And thats where we’ll be
One day I’ll make it happen
Stick around and you’ll see

porcelain stitches .

i think you're crazy,
driving with the gas gauge almost empty
but i'll try to hold my tongue cause 
i've been impatient lately 
waiting for space and consistency 
i know you know what i mean

i'm stiff with guilt
and without your eyes on me
i cannot unlock my body
tonight, i'm a girl made of stone

i want to connect to you,
trace my finger round your heart tattoo
you're young,
but the black ink's already fading blue
you're sitting so close to me,
i watch your eyes
scan words that i can't read
i knew the moment you withdrew

soon i'll try to find 
a way to break through
these worlds we inhabit alone
but tonight, 
i'm a girl made of stone 


girl made of stone

theodore somberly

See U (With Dezy)

Posh Demo

STREAM ON SPOTIFY:
https://open.spotify.com/track/4FkzwqbQ9ScrcnzIgRPkXT

LYRICS:
How you doin? 
Not much goin' on 
It's the same for me, don't worry 
Glad i'm not the one who's leading on, whoever comes, as a scheme to try for devotion 

That's not how you treat someone 
Who'd be down for you 
But you'll never know that will you? 
But you can never really know, you know? 
The judgment in your heart be yours, though you oughta 
Open up more, be transparent 
Could be missing out on something 
Let's go and hike up on the mountains, tell me what you want 
You are very insecure and I know that 
Your attention-seeking habits confirm that 
I thought you were different 
No

See U (With Dezy)

Ian Fredrickson

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