Waves is the first song from Riveira Bailey's debut album "ALVUANA". A more progressive piece, sometimes tranquil like the morning breeze at a beach, and sometimes cathartic like a sailor a-hull in a storm.

"A key theme to my work are the waves, the unpredictable waves. Always a constant cycle of reeling in and spitting back out. I see the waves as both as signifier for life and death itself. Alas, the waves are so important because one day we will all be washed up by them. But at the same time, there is such a deep human need to want to explore them and travel on them. They bring peace. They bring fear. But for me, they're essential to understanding ALVUANA."

ALVUANA

Waves

Mindless (The Hyper Real Edit)

YOU'LL BE PART OF THE SCENE!

Emerging London alt-rock glam star "Riveira Bailey" invites you to be part of the moment, the show, "The Scene". Lifted straight from the obscure independent venues and small bands that disappear night after night, the song's earworm singalong chorus is excitedly paired with a pulsating rhythm and drums to create a modern classic that will get you bursting off your feet, wanting to be part of something so much more and feeling included.

The Scene (The Album)

The Scene

CIGARETTE PERFUME LOVE

A post-punk indie rock ditty about a particular rose in the weeds who had to burn out like cigarette perfume.

Cigarette Perfume

DO YOU WANT TO? DO YOU WANT TO?

90's inspired ballad with shoegaze undertones about the thin line in friendships, and perhaps considering if there is a breaking point in the cracked glass.

Written by Joshua Baptista

Do You Really Want To Break It?

ALMOST DIED! NOT CLICKBAIT

A loud, distorted and manic altrock banger, all about getting a thrill from all the happenings online behind the screen.

Almost Died (Not Clickbait)

BLAH BLAH BLAH

This Weekend's Trainwreck! A dark intoxicating groove about getting stuck in an unhealthy lifestyle - over and over again!

Written by Joshua Baptista and Chioma Ejiegbu

This Weekend's Trainwreck

BREAK THOSE CHAINS AND FLY AWAY

Like an angel in a cage, Fly Away is the classic rock piece that increases in tension and ferocity as you try and try again to find a way outside of the dark corner.

Fly Away

IT'S THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD

Uncomfortable and numb; a grunge cry for help as you spiral down bad habits, far too lost in your masks and considering the worst of fates.

Same Old, Same Old

YOUR LOCAL ACQUAINTANCE, singalong to Riveira Bailey's final anthem on The Scene (The Album) all about letting go of one's mask. Inspired by 70's stadium and glam rock, with a blustering solo and a melody that feels like it's been at home for centuries, discover the ode to the local acquaintance.

Your Local Acquaintance

Fleeting Planet (Riveira's Version) is the alternative rock encore for the end of the world - all about witnessing planets being engulfed in flames. 

Taken from the future STARGAZR - This Is How You Make a Star collaboration project with rubymusic, this single version is completely mixed and recorded solely by Joshua Baptista (Riveira Bailey).

Fleeting Planet (Riveira's Version)

A poet. A sailor. An Artist.
ALVUANA

MY NAME IS RIVEIRA, RIVEIRA BAILEY... the brainchild creation of Joshua Baptista, is a post-rock glam-renaissance conceptual character linked to the concept of ALVUANA - the end of a significant or meaningful period of time. Taking influences all from history, from Bowie to Black Midi, ALVUANA will be released soon after being worked on since aged 12 - 7 years ago. From poetry about the fragile masculinity and gender, the lone voyage we all must take, the intricacies of the hyperreal world - Riveira aims to challenge and evoke a more classic sense of song writing along with the most exuberant wardrobe you've ever seen. Just like their clothes, it all looks like a mismatch from afar, but put together - it all makes sense.

Riveira Bailey

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