Love Party – Moonbaby: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Aotearoa band Love Party release ‘Moonbaby’ the second single and music video from their upcoming album WOW!
Here’s the blurb with more:
Wellington’s Love Party is a punk band that only sings love songs, led by wife and husband duo Kate Yesberg and Dayle Jellyman.
“Moonbaby is a song about worshipping the moon cycle and all the other natural cycles” share the band. “We live with them and they https://youtu.be/EgjCxMsb13kcan sometimes be tough but really they’re beautiful and we love them.”
The tracks’ themes embrace feeling your feelings, and lyrics “One minute I’m so sad / The next minute I’m OK” reflect the cyclical rhythm of life.
True to Love Party’s fuzzy alt-punk and power-pop sounds, this track features driving basslines and cheeky guitar licks.
The duo went bush to film the Moonbaby music video and capture something mad and magical. “We wanted to visually communicate big swings in feeling and experience” say Yesberg and Jellyman.
Outside of Love Party, Kate is a well-respected abstract painter and former lawyer turned musician. Her counterpart, Dayle, is a longstanding keyboardist who plays piano and synthesiser with a who’s who of party-rocking Wellington bands, including The Electrons, Snakebone, Three Rays, Miles Calder, Battle Ska Galactica and Fvkvshima, as well as leading the celebrated Floating Head jazz ensemble. They’re joined by their friend and extraordinaire Cory Champion (Clear Path Ensemble, Borrowed CS) on drums.
‘Moonbaby’ is out now via all online streaming platforms.
About Love Party:
Wellington’s Love Party is a punk band that only sings love songs. Led by Kate Yesberg and Dayle Jellyman, their fuzzy alt-punk and power-pop slanted music conjures up the atmosphere of a children’s birthday party for well-dressed adults with a healthy irreverence towards the status quo. Energetic, mischievous and down-to-earth, they combine tasty guitar figures and cheeky duo vocals with driving drums and basslines that get the dancefloor moving. On songs such as ‘Oh My’, ‘Same Shades’ and ‘Wow It’s So Beautiful’, Love Party sing about their day-to-day lives, evoking the cosy joys of long-term love, leaving the house wearing matching outfits; and the magic of window seat views from a domestic plane flight on a sunny day.
Having been married for a decade before they started the band, Kate and Dayle bring a close, comfortable chemistry to their songcraft. Recorded at Dr Lee Prebble’s Surgery studio facility in Newtown with Cory Champion (Clear Path Ensemble) on drums, their debut album WOW! Is a timestamped document of everything the denim and leather-clad couple has learned about love in its many forms. Avoiding anything overt or prescriptive , they revel in giving themselves full permission to enjoy life’s simple pleasures with wild-eyed gusto and abandon.
Outside of Love Party, Kate is a well-respected abstract painter and former lawyer turned musician. Her counterpart, Dayle, is a longstanding keyboardist who plays piano and synthesiser with a who’s who of party-rocking Wellington bands, including Miles Calder, Battle Ska Galactica, Fvkvshima, The Electrons, and the Roseneath Centennial Ragtime Band, as well as leading the celebrated Floating Head jazz ensemble.
When they first started playing together, Kate and Dayle made the decision to dive into the freedom of the unknown and learn new instruments, guitar and bass, respectively. Having both played in rock and punk bands in their teens, that shared experience allowed them to reconnect with the playful naivety of their salad days. Between the restrictions and energy this generated, they found a creative wellspring. It doesn’t run wide, but it runs deep, and in those depths, they’ve found everything they need.
