Neu IYES

: IYES
Based: Brighton
Listen: soundcloud.com/weareiyes
Similar to: Purity Ring

For every compliment being dished towards Purity Ring, and their illuminating future-pop, across an entire album came the nagging sense that for all the groundbreaking work they were doing, they couldn’t sport anything but their celebrated, trap-filled R&B.

Now: IYES sound a fair bit like Purity Ring - there’s no escaping that. Melis Soyaslanova’s candy cane vocals are a nice contrast to the bold, ever-changing synthetics that so define these ‘demo’ tracks they’ve emerged with. But on the one hand you’ve ‘Glow’; a bold dive into all-encompassing anthemia. And then there’s ‘Lighthouse’, a simple, reverb-drenched love song all despondent, all hope absorbed.

Melis’ vocals are initially the defining element. But then a soaring, industrial synth line enters. That right there is the difference between a mere Purity Ring homage and the attaining of something altogether different and more exciting. It’s the striving for something previously unencountered that sets IYES apart from the rest of the sorry competition. Give these guys an album to work with and they’ll deliver something remarkable: We promise.