Psyche-folk are-they-a -cult-or-a- family-band AKA BELLE are back to ring in the New Year with their latest single, ‘The Envy of Venus’.

AKA BELLE bring their love of psychedelic Tropicalia a la Os Mutantes to this track, with a staggering ‘take you to church’ sermon before weirding it up further with layers of theremin, vibraphone, electric guitar, and exotic percussion, then bring it all home with a full-blown impassioned chorus that promises to perch in your brain for perpetuity. (If you aren’t singing along by the end, you are likely ‘unalive.’)

Sung from the point of view of Mother Earth, it is a sassy re-telling of our home planet’s evolution, giving anthropomorphic attributes to the cosmos and presenting the displeasure of humanity’s often questionable destructive/disrespectful behavior. It’s a love story wrapped in a socio-ecological predicament, topped off with a retro-space age bossa nova soundtrack.

AKA BELLE are known for their quirky, glittery, often ceremonial onstage performances (complete with homemade props); fearless defying of genres with a unique blend of kitschy-bewitching psych-folk, and rebellious Tropicalia infused protest pop, all topped with alluring harmonic vocal arrangements – their passionate calls for love, resistance, equality for all, and soul-lifting energy serve as reminders that we are all part of this beautiful Universe and the Earth we call home.

‘The Envy of Venus’ is the third release off their upcoming double album, “All Time is Now/Now Is All You Have”, set for release in April 2026 on Moon Ruins Records.

About AKA Belle

Often asked if they are a family band or a cult or both, band members usually reply with a “yes” to both questions; AKA BELLE was formed by songwriters Catherine (vocals, guitar, MalletKat) and Sam Merrick (guitars, vocals) – who are married; long time friend Anthony Mulparry (stand up bass), Jake Stigers (who Catherine has known since he was 8 years old) on percussion and Christine Nygard (vocals, guitar, theremin), who first saw the band play when when she was 17 and manifested the dream to join them by the time she was 19.

So, cult/family…yes, sort of…..

Veterans of the Boise music scene, they have performed at every Treefort Music Festival, shared the stage with The Shivas, Federale, Family Worship Center, Heartless Bastards, to name a few; as well as headlining Boise’s Hyde Park Street Fair multiple times (this year included).

The band are set to release not one, but two, vinyl records in Spring 2026 on Moon Ruins Records – “All Time Is Now/Now Is All You Have”, a full length album of new material, and “The Time For Love Is Always Now”, a compilation of previously digital-only releases.

SOURCE: Official Bio

LINKS:
https://www.akabelle.org
https://www.instagram.com/akabellemusic/
https://www.facebook.com/akaBelleBoise/
https://www.youtube.com/@akaBelle-kq1xj
https://akabelle.bandcamp.com
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/a-k-a-belle/505166794
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6b8hJwJrOM47P2t188rSNY