The Beaches in Concert
The Beaches were still in their late teens when they formed in 2013, but by that point, they were practically veterans already. The musical relationship between sisters Jordan Miller (vocals/guitar) and Kylie Miller (guitar) and their best friend Eliza Enman-McDaniel (drums) dates back to their junior-high school days, when they formed their first band, Done With Dolls.
A glossy, Avril-inspired pop-rock outfit in Hot Topic clothing, Done With Dolls released their debut album in 2009 and became fixtures on The Family Channel thanks to their theme song for the sitcom ‘Really Me.' But before long, the girls were eager to start a new band that reflected their maturing musical tastes, which spanned 1970s new-wave pioneers like The Pretenders, 1990s grunge icons like Nirvana, and early 2000s garage-rockers like The Strokes. With the arrival of keyboardist Leandra Earl, the new group christened itself The Beaches, an ironic tribute to the genteel east-end Toronto neighborhood where the Millers and Enman-McDaniel were raised. After signing a development deal with Island Records in 2014, The Beaches ventured out to L.A. and began a long quest to find the right producer. Eventually, The Beaches found their dream team closer to home: fellow Torontonians Emily Haines and James Shaw of Metric, who brought their wiry indie-rock essence to The Beaches' swaggering 2017 debut album, ‘Late Show.' Powered by attitude-heavy tracks like the young ‘n' desperate rallying cry "Money" and the suggestive strut "T-Shirt," the album earned the band Breakthrough Group of the Year honors at the Juno Awards, as well as prime opening slots for heavy hitters like Eagles of Death Metal and Death From Above 1979. And as anyone who's seen The Beaches live can attest, the band have the vibrantly colored vintage clothes to match their glamtastic throwback jams.
