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\n\tA running theory: The youth yearn for breakbeats. The frenetic electronics of Nineties dance music have rumbled beneath the surface of indie rock and pop for some time now. The current wave of new acts \u2014 think Fcukers, Underscores, and of course, PinkPantheress \u2014 wields the sound with an uncanny magnetism, as if communicating from a post-digital future. Ear<\/a>, the London and New York-based duo comprised of Jonah Paz and Yaelle Avtan, who met while students at Bard, have become the type of buzzing indie band you used to hear about in the mid-2000s, fitting as the renaissance of aughts-era sounds points to a more spiritual than aesthetic concern.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tFollowing the release of their debut single, \u201cNerve,\u201d in 2024, the pair have built a thunderous appreciation via the analog format of college parties and raves throughout the country. Then, last year\u2019s The Most Dear and The Future, <\/em>a slender collection of tracks that straddled a line between pop, ambient, folk, and dance with an air of rustic mysticism that seemed to travel through music circles like gossip bursting from localized containment. The pair\u2019s hushed harmonization, like on the featherlight \u201cTheorem,\u201d makes for a soft landing pad for the maelstrom of synths and drums that puncture the songs\u2019 quieter moments.\u00a0<\/p>\n