R&B duo Bathe, consisting of vocalist Devin Hobdy and producer Corey Smith-West, has revealed their sophomore album, Inside Voice(s), will launch March 21 through MNRK Music Group.
“Inside Voice(s) is our try and make sense of the noise round and inside us,” explains Bathe. “It comprises the sounds of the hopes and joys that encourage us, in addition to the fears and disappointments that tempt us to remain in mattress. Scripting this album pressured us to sit down with and are available to phrases with these voices, pleasant and scary, inside and outside.”
Together with their album announcement, the Brooklyn-based duo has launched the lead single, “Right here.” On the somber monitor, which begins as a ballad earlier than introducing rhythmic instrumentation, Hobdy sings concerning the dreadful feeling of winter blues.
“I simply wanna lay right here / The altering of the seasons / I do know you wanna assist / However I’ll be gone till the winter ends,” he croons.
Talking on “Right here,” Bathe notes, “We’re based mostly in NYC, and so yearly there’s a time the place it feels just like the solar is already falling proper because the day begins. On days like that it may be tempting to simply keep in mattress and neglect concerning the outdoors world altogether. ‘Right here’ is a soundtrack for anybody preventing that feeling and discovering a method again to their ft.”
“Right here” arrives with a video directed by Godfred Ceasar Sedano, which might be watched under.
Inside Voice(s) will embrace all six tracks from Bathe’s Inside Voice(s): Facet A EP plus 5 further songs.
The EP, launched in September 2024, included earworms like “Avalon,” “Fields” and “Unhealthy Information.”
When requested why they determined to launch their album in two components, Smith-West instructed Rated R&B, “Nobody has any actual tolerance for fully-formed journeys — it feels as a lot, to not insult the viewers or something like that. I’m the identical method, too. I discover that somewhat than giving out a multi-phase thought, it felt proper to have each of those chapters and provides them a while to face alone so that they may very well be the factor that they had been purported to be 100%.”
Smith-West additionally in contrast the 2 sides, noting, “Facet A is generally heat and fuzzy, with a bit of little bit of melancholy. Facet B is melancholy, with some heat fuzzies tucked away. It simply felt proper to let each stand on their very own for a bit of bit and get their time within the solar earlier than finally combining them.”
Inside Voice(s) is the follow-up to Bathe’s 2021 debut album, Bicoastal. The latter venture included standard tracks like “Schönefeld,” “Bolero” and “Sundress.”
Starting Feb. 13, Bathe will be part of British funk band Cymande on the U.S leg of their Renascence Tour. The tour will make stops in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Denver, and extra earlier than concluding Feb. 28 in Los Angeles.
Take a look at Bathe’s new tune “Right here,” the tracklist for Inside Voice(s) and their 2025 tour dates under.
Bathe’s 2025 Tour Dates with Cymande
Feb 13 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
Feb 14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Ardmore Music Corridor
Feb 15 – Washington, DC @ Howard Theatre
Feb 18 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
Feb 19 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre
Feb 21 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird
Feb 22 – Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
Feb 23 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
Feb 26 – San Francisco, CA @ August Corridor
Feb 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether
Get tickets at batheboys.com
Bathe’s Inside Voice(s) Album Tracklist
1. Badada
2. Avalon
3. Furloughed
4. Unhealthy Information
5. Fields
6. Items
7. Capsize
8. Hosannas
9. Heaven
10. Right here
11. Bby Boy
Preorder/presave Inside Voice(s) right here.