Formed by The Damnwells’ Alex Dezen and former actor and vocalist Amber Bollinger, the duo started making music after Bollinger had been on tour with Dezen in 2017. Throwing all inhibition out the window, the pair started to play their own brand of melodic, yet raw post-punk, delivering their self-titled debut EP that very same year.  Naturally, live shows followed in and around L.A., with the duo making a name for themselves with their incendiary performances. In 2021, LA Weekly named Broken Baby “one of the greatest live bands in LA right now.” The follow-up to 2018’s self-titled debut LP, 2021’s Late Stage Optimism features punchy guitars, snaking bass lines, and Bollinger’s diamond-studded snarl, owing as much to The Breeders as SoCal punk. 

Recorded primarily in the couples’ home in El Sereno, CA, producer and mixer Dezen, who is a veteran of home recordings, breaks from the bedroom aesthetic of other DIY bands and delivers a sound that feels like it came out of a posh studio set ablaze.

Amber and Alex are currently joined by Max Diaz (bass) and Garrett Henritz (drums).

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