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Blake

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Audio engineer + video maker and @lsfband

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In February 2025, @olivertree joined us in Sydney for a cover shoot slated to be released in the coming months to coincide with his Australian tour later this year. We now honour his extraordinary artistry and enduring legacy.

For all the unforgettable videos, outrageous costumes, viral moments and impossible-to-categorise albums, Oliver Tree leaves behind something far more significant than a catalogue of songs. He leaves behind a generation of artists who are less afraid to express themselves. He leaves behind audiences who learned that sincerity can exist inside satire, that vulnerability can wear a costume, and that creativity has no obligation to explain itself.

Read the article at the link in our bio.

Photography + words: @vasilipapathanasopoulos
Creative: @inkwellco
Hair + Make Up: @kristenzinghini / @zinghiniartistry
Video: @balakay.l
Assistants: @nelsoclyde + @ashrosegell
Studio: @studiokilla.co

#olivertree @olivertree by @balakay.l

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Come behind-the-scenes of our June 2026 cover story, starring @sonicreducer.band.

Read the cover story and watch the full video at the link in our bio. Sonic Reducer’s new EP, ‘Living Room,’ is out June 19.

#SonicReducer wear: @songforthemute, @adidasau, @acnestudios, @acestokoe, @levis, @ralphlauren, @fredperry, @wrangleraustralia, @benshermanofficial, Jonathan Paul, @converse_anz, @drmartensaustralia and @solovairuk.

Photography: @vasilipapathanasopoulos
Words: @vasilipapathanasopoulos
Creative: @inkwellco
Hair + Makeup: @kristenzinghini / @zinghiniartistry
Video: @balakay.l
Assistant: @georgiazoe_
Shot at @debut__debut

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@thinkingloudau #livingroom #ausmusic taken in Sydney, Australia by @balakay.l

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Every part of me is you.
Every part of me is new. by @balakay.l

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This song is ‘Glitch’ and it is unfinished / unrecorded.

#acoustic #rock #music #grunge by @balakay.l

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Thundercat – Hodern Pavilion

📹 @balakay.l

@thundercatmusic @hordernpavilion @aria_official @visitnsw #greatsouthernnights #feelnsw #feelnewsydney #thundercat #livemusic taken in Sydney, Australia by @balakay.l

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‘Hey Mister’

One of our first singles ⏰ by @balakay.l

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AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺🦘 That’s a wrap on the Lovesick Sentimental Tour!!! Thank you so much to everyone that’s come to a show and supported the band with following the music over the last month since the album release. These venues have been a dream for a long time and we’re so grateful to have been able to make that become a reality.

A massive thank you to the incredible artists who supported on this tour, as well as our booking and management for making these shows possible ❤️

This is our last show in Hobart, thank you for the singing your hearts out x

@balakay.l 🎥 taken in Odeon, Hobart by @balakay.l

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Enmore theatre, a night we will never forget ❤️
HOBART you’re up next for the final stop on the tour. Jump on the link in the bio to send this tour off in style 🌹 🎥 @balakay.l by @balakay.l

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Wollongong-based, independent Australian alternative rock band @lsfband , known for a gritty, nostalgic ‘90s-inspired sound released their new album in January. Front man @balakay.l talks to @robwritesreviews about the album and future plans... #lsfband #newalbum #haunted #interview taken in Adelaide, South Australia by @balakay.l

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A budget of approximately zero dollars, zero crew, zero script, literally scraps of meat but a whoooole heap of effort have brought us this week's Wild One, ‘Goop’, from the dark imaginings of ‘Gong locals LSF.

Filmed, directed and colour graded by LSF’s frontman Blake Lauricella, ‘Goop’ is a coastal riff (music pun intended) on the classic serial killer tale. The horror theme ties the video back to the band’s new spooky, grungy album Haunted. “Our home in Wollongong is so linked to ‘surf rock’ culture, I always felt a bit alienated with the scene vs the look and sound we are going for”, says Blake. “So we decided to turn our backyard into an Australian coastal horror, taking locations that are renowned for their beauty and showing the audience their darker side.”

“We self produced and released our new album ‘Haunted’ and wanted to create something that fits into its world. The end line of ‘Goop’ states; 'There’s a part of me that’s missing, and it’s you' and that was originally meant to be something endearing, but I was watching the show ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ and it just clicked that that line in the right music video could become literal. That our killer is convinced that killing will fulfil the part of him that’s missing.”

Armed with a single camera, a light and a can-do attitude, the band got to work on capturing the music video for ‘Goop’ with only a vague idea of how the clip would end. Blake explains “a lot of the fun creating it came from egging each other on and coming up with ideas along the way, driving around looking for locations and even asking our local butcher for meat scraps that we ended up using in the finale.” by @balakay.l

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This glitch has found a way to kill me by @balakay.l

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Some frames from the @pacificavenueau ‘Things we wanna say’ Music Video! All shot and edited in a day 📹

Filmed, graded + edited by me 🫡🤌🏽
Also got to engineer the recording under producer @dougboehmmusic by @balakay.l

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