Biography

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.