The Beaches --
January 8, 2025 7:18 AM Subscribe
-- the all girl band that is one of Toronto's hottest musical exports.
"When we started 10 years ago, I wanted older men to think we were cool. Now I could give zero fucks.”
(slTOLife)*
Exclaim Magazine interview from 2023
Video for the breakout single, "Blame Brett"
*Toronto Life can be a classist trashfire but every now and again, they do good
"When we started 10 years ago, I wanted older men to think we were cool. Now I could give zero fucks.”
(slTOLife)*
Exclaim Magazine interview from 2023
Video for the breakout single, "Blame Brett"
*Toronto Life can be a classist trashfire but every now and again, they do good
Nice! I have been enjoying Blame Brett, which has been tearing up both of my local college radio stations. Didn't know they were all women or from Toronto, even better!
posted by SaltySalticid at 8:14 AM on January 8 [2 favorites]
posted by SaltySalticid at 8:14 AM on January 8 [2 favorites]
They are great! Thanks for this.
posted by freakazoid at 8:18 AM on January 8 [2 favorites]
posted by freakazoid at 8:18 AM on January 8 [2 favorites]
I saw the Beaches at CityFolk this fall and they are just tremendous goddamned fun. I mean, they are fun on Spotify, but the best Beaches is experience is to see them live.
posted by jacquilynne at 8:27 AM on January 8 [4 favorites]
posted by jacquilynne at 8:27 AM on January 8 [4 favorites]
The Surfragettes are excellent and have toured the US extensively. They've built a nice following among the surf/instro community.
posted by bwvol at 8:47 AM on January 8 [1 favorite]
posted by bwvol at 8:47 AM on January 8 [1 favorite]
Was it only Blame Brett that broke them out of Canada? The Beaches have been on consistent rotation on the radio here (Sonic) for years with Money and T Shirt (amongst others).
posted by selenized at 10:21 AM on January 8 [1 favorite]
posted by selenized at 10:21 AM on January 8 [1 favorite]
I'm pretty sure that it's Brett's fault that they have exposure outside of Canada.
I saw the Beaches at the Toronto CNE in 2016 when they opened up for Walk Off the Earth. I'd never heard of them before this and they were fantastic; I became a fan.
Walk Off the Earth was also really good but I was surprised at how much they swore. I'm fine with swearing, I just felt that it didn't fit their image.
Love the Sufragettes! I can't get enough of the surf music.
posted by ashbury at 10:24 AM on January 8 [3 favorites]
I saw the Beaches at the Toronto CNE in 2016 when they opened up for Walk Off the Earth. I'd never heard of them before this and they were fantastic; I became a fan.
Walk Off the Earth was also really good but I was surprised at how much they swore. I'm fine with swearing, I just felt that it didn't fit their image.
Love the Sufragettes! I can't get enough of the surf music.
posted by ashbury at 10:24 AM on January 8 [3 favorites]
While I don't love the fact that I had to go to Urban Dictionary to find out what 'going ham' means, this is a really good song, so thanks for posting!
posted by spilon at 11:06 AM on January 8
posted by spilon at 11:06 AM on January 8
*Toronto Life can be a classist trashfire but every now and again, they do good
The scroll down for that article on the Beaches was the top 10 long reads of the year and boy howdy did I enjoy the schadenfreude of reading about rich people literally punching each other over how many millions of dollars to spend renovating their tennis club.
posted by jacquilynne at 12:07 PM on January 8 [2 favorites]
The scroll down for that article on the Beaches was the top 10 long reads of the year and boy howdy did I enjoy the schadenfreude of reading about rich people literally punching each other over how many millions of dollars to spend renovating their tennis club.
posted by jacquilynne at 12:07 PM on January 8 [2 favorites]
I'm gonna have to listen to some of their pre-"Blame Brett" stuff, see how they've evolved. Blame Brett was like my album of the summer - and I've loved the singles they've been putting out especially "Takes One to Know One" - can't wait for another album!
posted by signsofrain at 1:10 PM on January 8 [2 favorites]
posted by signsofrain at 1:10 PM on January 8 [2 favorites]
I'm pretty sure that it's Brett's fault
I see what you did there.
posted by nickmark at 2:12 PM on January 8
I see what you did there.
posted by nickmark at 2:12 PM on January 8
Blame my eggs, Blame my eggs, Blame my eggs
🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚
My first earworm of 2025!
posted by edithkeeler at 5:09 PM on January 8 [1 favorite]
🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚
My first earworm of 2025!
posted by edithkeeler at 5:09 PM on January 8 [1 favorite]
My favorite Beaches song is Highway 6, which is seemingly quite a different vibe from a lot of their other stuff.
posted by Gadarene at 11:14 PM on January 8 [1 favorite]
posted by Gadarene at 11:14 PM on January 8 [1 favorite]
Mod note: Thanks for putting this on our radar Brett, we've added this to the sidebar and Best Of blog!
posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) at 5:41 AM on January 9 [1 favorite]
posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) at 5:41 AM on January 9 [1 favorite]
Good grief, that's a catchy song.
posted by wenestvedt at 1:01 PM on January 9 [1 favorite]
posted by wenestvedt at 1:01 PM on January 9 [1 favorite]
May I offer Edge of the Earth? That link isn’t the full song, but the intro plus a super gay dedication Leandra gives to her ex (the song’s inspiration), who is in attendance with her parents.
posted by bluloo at 10:22 PM on January 9 [1 favorite]
posted by bluloo at 10:22 PM on January 9 [1 favorite]
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