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It’s best to listen to Southern Shores first, before you read this piece. Some bands work well with the context of their sound - indeed, much of a record company’s work seems to be providing and altering that context to try and get a few extra sales to jot down as figures on their spreadsheets, desperately hoping to eventually recoup. But Southern Shores… well, have a listen first.

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Alright, did you enjoy that? It’s difficult not to – the heady, bombastic beats stolen straight from classic Ibiza, every change in pace and melody done with wide eyed, unabashed optimism. You could cite Washed Out as an influence if there was even a hint of his jaded, college drop-out haze, but this is clean and pure, a joyous celebration of clever beats and rhythms that positively bubble.

So who do you think made this season-defining, sample heavy EP? Instincts, as they always are with this kind of thing, are drawn towards the sundrenched provinces of Northern Spain, Barcelona feeling like a natural home, or maybe Scandinavia if not. But no, the duo that crafted these boundless beauties come from Halifax, Canada. And they were first discovered whilst in Berlin, Germany.

Oh.

Even with the knowledge that it’s two bros from the Northern hemisphere who spend most of their time well away from any climes that might be considered warm, their sound is so close to being otherworldly that it barely even matters. It’s a horrible, horrible cliché, but this is music to absolutely lose yourself in, an all encompassing bubble that you simply do not want to leave. And if you did go and listen to Southern Shores before you read the rest of this piece - why on earth did you return?