Selve Announce Groundbreaking Album ‘Breaking Into Heaven’ with Explosive Title Track

Gold Coast/Yugambeh/Kombumerri -based six-piece Selve have unveiled their forthcoming album Breaking Into Heaven, due for release on September 12, alongside the powerful title track and video. The project marks a historic moment as the first full-length album ever recorded at Abbey Road Studios by an Aboriginal artist, spearheaded by frontman Loki Liddle, a proud Jabirr Jabirr man.

Anchored by fierce lyrical truth and sonic rebellion, Breaking Into Heaven fuses post-punk grit, psychedelic textures, indie-pop nuance, and high-theatre energy. The title track is a blazing introduction—equal parts resistance and release—with a soundscape that mirrors its message of reclaiming space and identity through art.

Recorded at the iconic Abbey Road Studio 3—home to Dark Side of the Moon—the album was self-produced by Selve’s Scott French, with contributions from film/TV composer Simon Benesch and engineer Thomas Briggs (Little Simz, Sam Fender). The album was sparked on Jabirr Jabirr Country, refined during a residency in France, and fully realised in London.

“Breaking Into Heaven is a glass brick shimmering with the light of the sun. A brick that has landed in your living room – as a gift, not as a threat. The embers of a project sparked on Jabirr Jabirr Country was carried across seas and lands and recorded in Abbey Road, breaking down doors to tell a First Nations story through the platform of the most notorious music studio on the planet. Despite the awe of it all, I was gripped every day with the knowledge that I was only there because of those who have come before me, that I was sent there by my ancestors and my community because something bigger than myself was happening, and that my job was to devote myself to the music & story – and not get in its way so that it could communicate itself. Thomas (Briggs, engineer) took us on a tour – casually pointing out pianos used by The Beatles on major records, the desk Dark Side of The Moon was recorded on and all such ridiculous things. The time we spent in Studio 3 was an unbelievable dream; everyone was nerding out and having a field day: sending things up to the plate reverb in the roof, running signals through ancient pre-amps and singing into microphones worth more than everyone’s HECS debts. Every member of the band was in peak form, everything you might imagine recording at Abbey Road to be like – it was like that. For Scott French (bassist and producer) it was like watching someone go from fighter pilot to the driver of an interstellar mothership. With the help of Thomas Briggs and Simon Benesch, he somehow made operating the most infamous studio in the world look easy, and was totally in his element.” – Loki Liddle. 

The title track arrives with a cinematic, one-shot drone video co-directed by Liddle and longtime collaborator Josh Tate, shot at Scenic Rim Aerodrome and featuring First Nations dance company Karul Projects.

Selve’s Breaking Into Heaven is set to be more than an album, it’s a defiant cultural statement, a reclaiming of narrative, and a celebration of First Nations artistry on a global stage. With past performances at SXSW Sydney, BIGSOUND, and Woodford Folk Festival, Selve continue to solidify their place as one of Australia’s most compelling new acts.