The Auckland, New Zealand alternative rock duo Balu Brigada are back with their first new music since their breakout 2025 LP Portal, a washed-out, dreamy midtempo indie track titled “BedHead”. The track feels like a perfect middle ground between nostalgia-rooted 2010s summer-adjacent indie rock and modern alternative, keeping the genre fresh with interesting arrangements, chord progressions, and creative production, with the punchy drums, ethereal synths, and fuzzed-out guitars complementing each other in a fantastic way. “BedHead” shows that Portal wasn’t anywhere close to the end; it was just the starting line.
Consisting of brothers Henry and Pierre Beasley, the group is often described as “groove-pop” and is the duo’s first release since their acclaimed debut LP, which amassed over 300 million streams in a year. Their rise has been nothing short of meteoric and unprecedented, with support slots for Twenty One Pilots on their world arena tour and a #1 on the Alternative Airplay charts with their hit “So Cold”. If you haven’t already been listening to Balu Brigada, the second-best time to start is now; it is rare to see a group’s art have such an impact across different audiences as theirs does, and “BedHead” is evidence that their confidence in their distinct sound isn’t fading.
Top 5 Balu Brigada Songs You Need To Listen To
‘BedHead’
‘Backseat’
‘Moon Man’
‘2good’
‘So Cold’
Listen to BedHead here.
See Balu Brigada on tour here.
SEPTEMBER
25 – Columbia, MD – All Things Go †
27 – San Diego, CA – CRSSD Fest †
OCTOBER
1 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena *
2 – Portland, OR – Moda Center *
3 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Music Festival †
10 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Music Festival †
NOVEMBER
21 – Mexico City, MX – Corona Capital CDMX †
† Festival Appearance
* supporting sombr
