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\n\tPicture this: A relationship pulverizes your heart into such itty-bitty fragments, it honest-to-God feels like you\u2019re never going to recover or have feelings for anyone ever again. But rather than wallow, you pour everything into a riotous, infectiously catchy song with a loud, careening chorus where you call your ex out by name \u2014 and now, at multiple festivals this summer, you\u2019re surrounded by thousands of people helping you get over it all as they scream along with you.<\/p>\n
\n\tThis is exactly what happened when Canadian band the Beaches<\/a> wrote their insanely viral hit \u201cBlame Brett,\u201d the first single from their 2023 album Blame My Ex<\/em>. The song shot up to Number One on Canada\u2019s Billboard<\/em> rock charts and rocketed the band, who have been together for about 14 years, to new heights. \u201cWe were really lucky because by then, we had done so much \u2014 so many live performances,\u201d says lead vocalist and bassist Jordan Miller. \u201cThat\u2019s where we\u2019re most comfortable as a group: onstage. So we were really ready for it when it happened.\u201d Concerts around the world followed, not to mention all those festivals and legions of devoted new fans. In just a few weeks, they\u2019ll headline night two of Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s Gather No Moss<\/a> tour in Chicago.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cBlame Brett\u201d was a perfect example of the band\u2019s brutal honesty. Made up of Jordan Miller, backing vocalist and guitarist Kylie Miller (she and Jordan are sisters), plus drummer Eliza Enman-McDaniel and keyboardist\/guitarist Leandra Earl, they never shy away from vulnerability and directness in their music, which often includes experiences pulled directly from their real lives. Jordan, whose own break-up experience inspired \u201cBlame Brett,\u201d puts it best: \u201cWe\u2019re all messy.\u201d She\u2019s quick to amend that, saying, \u201cWell, Eliza\u2019s not messy. But the rest of us are messy enough that there\u2019s a lot of material to pull from for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tNow, they\u2019re getting ready to release No Hard Feelings<\/em>. Out on Aug. 29, the same day as their Gather No Moss show, it\u2019s a follow-up that leans into those same unapologetic, chaotic feelings from their last LP, but with a sense of clarity that\u2019s come from their growth over the last year. By the time they\u2019d found success with Blame My Ex<\/em>, the band had been through a lot: getting dropped by two labels, new managers, a different team. Blame My Ex<\/em> was their first totally independent effort. \u201c<\/em>It was really scary because we were relying on using our own income to be able to pay for all the songs,\u201d Kylie says. \u201cBut it was also such a liberating, fun experience because it\u2019s the first time we didn\u2019t really have to answer to anybody on the label when it came to the kind of music we were making and the sounds that we wanted to pursue.\u201d<\/p>\n