Bicoastal Indie-Pop Duo EXES New Project Streaming With Ones To Watch

Bicoastal indie-pop duo EXES, composed of Brooklyn-based Allie McDonald and Venice beach-based producer Mike Derenzo, are preparing to release their new project Before You Go this Friday, October 5th. In anticipation, today the project is available to stream in full via Live Nation's Ones To Watch alongside an in-depth Q&A with the band. About the new project, EXES comment: "As we're growing, our sound is also maturing. "Before You Go" feels like a great next step for us. We're still creating music based on our real life struggles, heartbreaks, fears, and joys- but the sounds and the ideas are more unique and explorative. We weren't afraid to try new things this time around."

Equal parts affectionate and vulnerable in production and melody, EXES seamlessly fuse electronic soundscapes with Allie's ethereal vocals. Driven by post-youth nostalgia and the people of their past, the duo invite listeners into the whimsically romantic world of their own design with their rare sound. Included on the new eight-track collection are previously released singles "Bones Break", premiered via BlackBook earlier this summer, and "Everything" which was premiered via Billboard last month. Inspired by a difficult time in their musical careers; feeling desperate and without hope, the duo came together to create new music through introspection and subsequently finding meaning and purpose. The result is a collection of intimate, almost diary-like songs that remind them of a time where everything could have ended, but thankfully - it didn't.

EXES' critically acclaimed 2016 debut EP The Art of Saying Goodbye garnered over 25 million streams across platforms and was covered by the likes of i-D, USA Today, Galore, and more. They've had multiple singles chart on Hype Machine's Top 10 and have been featured on Taylor Swift's "Songs Taylor Loves", along with being featured on Spotify playlists such as New Music Friday, Indie Pop, and Chill Vibes. Their singles "Taxi" and "Cain" garnered 2.7 million and 2.3 million Spotify streams respectively, and the band has opened for the likes of Børns and Ella Vos.

Listen / Share Before You Go via Ones To Watch