E-Prime are the Blumas siblings, Trevor and Jaclyn, they usually’re again with a brand new EP – an emblem of their rebirth right into a pliable digital act. At the moment, they announce a brand new EP ‘Dry Throats & Sunburns’, out October eleventh through buzzy imprint Scenic Route.
After leaving their hometown of Toronto, the sibling duo channelled their artistic energies into making a sugary, sun-kissed amalgam of ’80s synthpop, ’90s R&B, throwback home, and extra. Recalibrating after a interval away, E-Prime inaugurate their new chapter with a canopy of ‘Massive Nation’, initially the work of the Scottish band of the identical identify. Their model reimagines hometown glory right into a refulgent, post-disco quantity.
With ‘Dry Throats and Sunburns’, E-Prime take listeners on a retro-futurist detour. Collectively they disentangle and breathe new life into digital and private ephemera; taking the attitude of a star bassist, a Twitter bot, or their very own reminiscences.
The accompanying video for ‘Previous Nation’ was directed by Michael Maruniak and shot in Trevor’s new hometown of Vancouver. “It felt like the proper setting for a nouvelle vague-inspired video with all its conventions: cigarettes, wine, existentialism and trendy alienation,” he says.
Tune in beneath.
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