From revisiting childhood trauma to attending a high energy party, this week’s featured singles cover a whole range of scenes that necessitate a soundtrack. Read on for more.
“I Want It All” by The Drums
Holden Lay, Staff Writer
Jonny Pierce, better known as the frontman of The Drums, makes
The Vancouver-based alt-indie band Dacey is composed of lead vocalist Dacey Andrada, guitarist / producer Justin Tecson, drummer Marco Marin, bassist Joshua Akow, and guitarist Nathan Chan. Having met as students at Vancouver’s Nimbus School of Recording and Media, the quintet bonded in their individual eclectic tastes, combining skill sets from their background in jazz, electronic, and Motown. As a result, Dacey’s debut EP, SATIN PLAYGROUND, is a genre-defying project that infuses elements of indie, jazz, alternative R&B, neo-soul and all the other genres in between, to serve up 21 whole minutes of cozy summertime bliss. Released in January 2021, the EP itself, in its title, reflects the vibrant luxury of an intimate satin material. It paints a playful dynamic under the draping flows of silky bed sheets, yet not devoid of the looming kinks and tears of a tender heartache — a subject commonly explored in the band’s discography.A stroll through the EP&rsq