Baby Smith Confront Self-Doubt on New Single “Walkie Talkie”

The duo Baby Smith, made up of Australia-born, Berlin-based musicians Ray Sonder and Saxon Gable, return with “Walkie Talkie”, another track from their forthcoming debut album Lately, Love Is Dead. The single follows earlier previews “Limoncello River” and the title track, sharpening the record’s focus ahead of its July 10 release.

Where previous songs sketched the edges of relational unease, “Walkie Talkie” lands squarely in the turmoil of self-doubt and suspicion. Sonder and Gable describe it as a deliberate unearthing of old insecurities, written when ghosts of past distrust resurfaced. The lyrics trace a familiar bind, trying to stay rational while picking up signals that don’t match the words someone offers.

“When someone is saying one thing and doing another, you feel torn about what the reality of your circumstances actually are,” the band explain. The questions multiply: which version of the person is real, are they in or out, why does the confusion itself not settle the matter. But as they note, “denial can be a cunning enemy.”

The sound leans into contradiction. Over a breezy, almost carefree instrumental, the emotion stays murky and claustrophobic. That gap between texture and weight is the point. They call it “technicolour” on the surface, but the undercurrent is tightly wound, a study in how pop structure can hold uneasy things. Lately, Love Is Dead arrives July 10, and “Walkie Talkie” suggests a debut that knows exactly how to let shadows dance in a bright room.