A New York City, USA-based duo of Abigail Gordon and Jenny Bates, Bunny X has caught my attention through their ‘80s tinged new album, Love On A High Floor.
By Graeme Smith
At first listen, Love On A High Floor feels like a familiar album. It’s steeped in the power pop sound of the ‘80s and early ‘90s characterised by bright layered vocals, bouncy electro beats, and optimistic lyrics. Think Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, early Madonna, and you’re in the right ballpark.
What makes it stand out is the storytelling. Bunny X has built the album around the concept of ‘officewave’ drawing on events such as corporate ambition, office romances, cocktail bars, late-night taxis, and Manhattan skyscrapers. Anyone who has ever spent anytime in the corporate world will relate.
That’s not to say it’s not an authentically human experience. Even steel and glass skyscrapers and corporate machines are run by people after all. There are times, especially in tracks like True Confession, that the album feels like a soundtrack for those nursing a wounded heart.
The vibrant sensuality and soul of One Touch proves an early highlight. A spoken word verse provides an element of camp while the sax solo brings the flair. Even If We Don’t Talk is full of authentic longing and launches a more introspective middle that includes After Hours, the moody Night Moves, and the escapist anthem Take Me Away, another highlight.
Groovy title track Love On A High Floor tees up the album’s finale with verses full of narrative and a memorable chorus. Believe in You is beautifully soaring. Lovers closes things with some pulsating beats and high emotion.
If you’re coming to Bunny X new as we are, it might be worth spending some time with their 2021 album Young & In Love as the characters in both albums are the same. In that way, Love On A High Floor is a sequel, revisiting the protagonists as adults.
To bring the album to life, the duo worked with regular collaborators SelloRekt / LA Dreams, Don Dellpiero, Gosteffects and Grammy Award-winning engineer Tony Lake.
Bunny X might be one of my favourite discoveries of 2026 so far. Their new album is charming, witty, and has a strong point of view.
If you want to keep up to date with what they’re doing you can by heading to their website, and by following them on Bandcamp, Instagram, Spotify and Soundcloud.
Love On A High Floor is out now, and you can listen to it below.
