Arising from Kiama, NSW, Bronte Alva wrote her first song at the age of 7 about a primary school crush. As a way to deal with her strong emotions, many more songs became, writing about heartache, the good times, and the not so good.
In her senior year of school, Bronte recorded her first demo and uploaded it to triple J Unearthed with their inaugural Unearthed High competition in mind. Whilst the bedroom recording didn’t make it into the finales, it was found on Unearthed by fellow South Coast band ’The Terrys’, and they spotted a diamond in the rough.
Bronte went on to re-record that original demo with The Terrys' record producer and is now what we know to be “Eve’s Lips (Make Me Want To Cry)” would be Bronte Alva’s debut single. The Terrys fascination of this new project would continue to see Bronte Alva perform her very first live shows supporting the band across Australia’s East Coast.
It is the core, human experiences that Bronte dances with so beautifully across all her releases, from the youthful exploration of sexuality in ‘Eve’s Lips (Make Me Wanna Cry)’, to the headstrong, self-assuredness of her sophomore single 'Your Mum', which by no surprise has garnered some epic triple j airplay since its release.
Following a whirlwind 2022 which saw Bronte join the stage with contemporaries WAAX, The Grogans and Towns, the South Coast vocalist welcomed ‘I Hate Birthdays’, which landed on Spotify’s Fresh Finds AU & NZ marking a new era of unstoppable tunes in Bronte’s catalogue.
This whirlwind year ended with a bang with ‘Taylor Swift’, Bronte’s reminiscent, storytelling-led single, landing itself on Apple Music’s Wildflower, The New Rock, Good Times, and New Music Daily, with The AU Review stating, “The maturity shown by an artist early on in their career is dazzling”. This single was accompanied by a tour, starting with supporting GO-JO, followed by multiple headline shows, ending with Bronte’s performance at Yours and Owls Festival 2023.
Bronte Alva’s love of storytelling sees her naturally draw inspiration from artists such as Taylor Swift, Angie McMahon, Alex Lahey, and Julia Jacklin, with an effortless embedding of the silliness and excitement that comes with being a young adult. With lyrics that are equal parts sweet, crude and heartbreaking,
Bronte Alva and her inherent ability to tell stories through song will have you feeling young again, evoking the good memories... and the bad.