“If I Fall,” the latest from La Moxie, comes out on their forthcoming EP, You’ve Burnt Your Bridge, Now Lie In It, is out soon via Real Ghost. Watch the video here.
We also spoke to them about their latest release.
Tell us about La Moxie!
Hello, we are La Moxie! We are Lauren (singing and guitar), Nathaniel (drums and enthusiasm), Alexei (guitar and cynicism), and Ryan (bass and gratuitous, hair-metal intro speeches).
We’re from Birmingham and would self-describe as skate punk. Though we’d shrug and agree with emo punk or pop punk, and honestly, Lauren’s the only one who skates. We’ve only been doing this since last summer, and we’ve been lucky enough to play with The Bombpops, Petrol Girls, The Creepshow, and Nervus already.
We’ve just finished our first EP, which we made (mostly) ourselves, and we’re so proud of it, we want to come play it to you, in person, really loudly. Please book us.
Tell us about this single.
Lauren: “If I Fall” is my interpretation of the battle I have in my head which comes with being in love whilst having a mental illness. This song means crazy loads to me because Alexei sings all the backing vocals, and I wrote it when I felt like I was pushing him away.
how did you go about making the video?
Same as we made our record, we DIYed a video in our practice space. We used a five-year-old iPhone taped to a mic stand and edited on a five-year-old Android phone for balance. We love how it turned out and feel it represents the four of us perfectly in both personality and collective bank balances.
What’s up next for the band?
We have a constant stream of new songs for future times, and we’re planning another video that’s gonna be less shaky and have more dogs. Also crazy excited to be invited to play Bristol’s Booze Cruise festival with some of our favorite bands, and generally be living our best band life as DIY punks before the arena tours and sponsorship deals roll in. See you soon!
