Death Valley Girls Announce New Album Welcome To Earth

Death Valley Girls will release their new album, Welcome To Earth, on October 9, 2026, via Suicide Squeeze Records. The announcement comes as the Los Angeles-based band shares the lead single, "Message From The Venus Flower," a song born from the profound personal losses endured by lead singer Bonnie Bloomgarden.

The album marks the band's first new music since 2023's Islands In The Sky. Its creation was shaped by a series of devastating events for Bloomgarden. In 2025, she lost her home in Altadena, California, to wildfires. During the evacuation, she was unable to bring her dog, Tommy, or any possessions. Weeks later, she returned to find everything destroyed. Tommy's health declined after the fire, and she passed away less than a year later.

Bloomgarden described the experience as losing everything. The grief prompted a shift in her approach to music and deepened the band's bond. The new single, "Message From The Venus Flower," directly addresses this period of loss and the enduring connection she felt with her dog. In a statement, Bloomgarden recounted how, after the fire, Tommy seemed to communicate through an animal communicator that their souls were eternally connected....