Interview with The Beaches (Kylie Returns!)
We had the pleasure of interviewing The Beaches over Zoom video!
The Beaches are doing everything their way. After more than a decade together as a band, sisters Jordan Miller (lead vocals, bass) and Kylie Miller (guitar) plus closest friends Leandra Earl (guitar and keys) and Eliza Enman-McDaniel (drums) are entering a new era. On new album Blame My Ex, the Juno Award-winning Toronto band channels heartbreak into self-discovery through 10 exuberant songs that revel in pain and redemption, finding strength, independence, and self-love. The result is an album of emotive transformation rendered in playful and passionate power pop. Blame My Ex is \u201cthe most authentic and real\u201d version of The Beaches, Kylie says. Lead single \u201cBlame Brett,\u201d an acerbic pop-rock knockout Jordan calls \u201ca song for all the hot messes out there,\u201d has racked up more than 8.5 million streams on Spotify and more than 7.4 million views on TikTok.
Blame My Ex, executive produced and co-written by Lowell (Madison Beer) and co-produced by Gus van Go (Metric), is no ordinary breakup record. It\u2019s about the love that comes out of separations: the love of friendships, of bandmates, of yourself. It\u2019s not about finding happiness because of heartbreak, as Jordan puts it: \u201cIt\u2019s finding happiness despite it.\u201d It\u2019s about rediscovery, being on the precipice of something new, which is true for The Beaches in their personal lives as much as their music.
Following a series of breakups\u2014including a split from a major label they were signed to in their early teens\u2014The Beaches are now free to make music that feels true to themselves. A period of uncertainty provided the perfect opportunity. Early in the pandemic, the band started experimenting with social media\u2014TikTok and Instagram in particular\u2014showing fans a more vulnerable, goofy, and down-to-earth side, referring to themselves affectionately and openly as \u201cur grls.\u201d
Finding self-love out of struggle is how Blame My Ex came about in the first place. It started with the jangly and aching \u201cIf a Tree Falls,\u201d the first of the breakup songs, which became the thematic North Star around which the other tracks were built. The dark, breathy, and echoing \u201cEverything Is Boring\u201d is hyper-honest about depression: It sounds like a rainy night out. And it led The Beaches to create Blame My Ex\u2019s sonic mood: new wave-tinged indie pop that\u2019s sparkling, misty, and powerful.
Blame My Ex showcases The Beaches at their most accomplished and mature, sonically and lyrically, and boasts Jordan\u2019s finest vocal performances yet. \u201cThis is the first record I\u2019ve ever done working with a producer who really cares and is engaged with me as a singer,\u201d she says. You can hear the range of emotions in her voice like crystal\u2014from pain and sadness to anger and triumph. Blame My Ex, she says, is a \u201cdiary of what it\u2019s like to go through heartbreak: One day you\u2019re avoiding the pain and going out and partying a lot\u2014and the next you\u2019re trapped in your room, facing your feelings, having an anxiety attack.\u201d
\u201cWe\u2019re growing and finding different things out about ourselves,\u201d says Leandra. \u201cAnd we\u2019re doing it together as four best friends who are there to support each other.\u201d Their unyielding bond and shared journey not only makes The Beaches a musical force to be reckoned with but also a testament to the power of sisterhood and friendship. How could you not be obsessed?
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