If you ask Byron Bay’s Bobby Alu what his music sounds like, he’ll tell you how he hopes it makes you feel: like you have your favourite drink in hand, sipping as the sun sets on a balmy evening that’s laden with the promise of adventure. In an ideal world, he’d follow summer around the earth, in his endless quest to nail that feeling in his songs.

Across multiple releases – starting with the deep grooves of his self-titled debut album in 2010 (Triple J Radio - Roots ’n All Top 10), and continuing through to Flow in 2019 (#1 Independent Album Charts - Australian Independent Record Labels Assoc. / Double J Radio - Feature Album), Bobby’s musicianship has flourished as exponentially as his spirit of inquisitiveness and collaboration.
The beautiful fusion of rhythms, effortless harmonies, and storytelling that weaves instrumentation and influences from his Polynesian ancestry has remained at the core of his work.
Entering a new album cycle in 2023 with the release of coastal pop jam Do It to mark heaving band appearances on the world-renown Byron Bay Bluesfest stages, follow-up sing-along Sunsets (With You) dropped in time for Alu’s first headline runs in the US, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Adding the lovers rock reggae swoon Ready For Your Love, before the latest single and album title track Keep It Tropical – a horn-laden tropical soul groove – Alu’s fourth studio album is a mantra. Keep It Tropical. Take naps. Be generous. Go on adventures. Have gratitude. Enjoy the little things. Strive to be better. Don’t be so serious. Love. Laugh a lot. Eat the odd donut. Swim in the ocean. Enjoy the sunshine and warmth.