Glad to unveil the artwork and launch the pre-save and pre-order for BLUAI's stunning upcoming debut.
On their debut album Save It For Later, BLUAI sets off on a road trip through the sonorous spheres populated by the likes of Big Thief, Pinegrove, Haim, and Alabama Shakes. After the band won three leading Belgian music awards with Humo's Rock Rally, De Nieuwe Lichting, and Sound Track, the trio is expanding its horizons.
Save It For Later is a record not unlike a Polaroid picture. Songwriter Catherine Smet captures the memories of her youth in lyrics that carry a perfume of Americana, country pop, and indie folk. The stories are set in her native Belgium, but close your eyes, and galloping horses on a ranch in Mississippi form the backdrop of BLUAI's debut album.
Catherine Smet (vocals, guitar), Mo Govaerts (drums), and Caitlin Talbut (bass) joined forces with producer Willem Ardui (blackwave.) for the recording of their debut record. BLUAI's instrumentation was expanded with banjo and lap steel. Engineer Tobie Speleman received 'Nashville tuning' as a briefing. BLUAI thus shifts the focus from indie rock to Americana and opens up the band's frame of reference, with influences ranging from Maggie Rogers and Alabama Shakes to The Japanese House.
Save It For Later is the soundtrack to a nostalgic coming-of-age film in autumnal tones – as if Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker founded her own Boygenius on behalf of Lady Bird director Greta Gerwig. The band's adolescence seems to be over, BLUAI is cruising at full speed now. They sound composed and decisive, and more ambitious than ever before.
