The Beaches — Toronto's TikTok-savvy, boyfriend-busting sensations — brought their ground-shaking Blame My Ex tour to Edmonton's Midway Music Hall on Wednesday night, delivering a set that both Edmonton's heartbroken and head-over-heels will be talking about for a while. Leading the charge was Beach Weather, the North Dakota pop rockers who delivered songs with fizzy enthusiasm, sprinkled with a little self-deprecation and a deep longing for connection.
By the time the Beaches took the stage, it was clear they were ready to serve Edmonton a healthy dose of what Blame My Ex is all about. The four-piece's performance of "Kismet" shook the audience, with a punchy delivery of "T-Shirt" bringing out a cool chaos that remained steady throughout the night. Taking a moment to address the audience, frontperson Jordan Miller welcomed Edmonton to the show, and raised the question if any single ladies were in the crowd. Goaded on by a few hoots and hollers from the floor below, Miller went on to explain that they ought to "shake their titties" and live it up in their Carrie Bradshaw era before dedicating "Me & Me" to all the girls in the crowd with "no boo."
The Beaches maintained a healthy vibe of positivity, respect and independence throughout the evening, reveling in their bevvy of steely-eyed breakup tunes and the uplifting messaging behind each heartsick melody. Treating Edmonton to a little surprise, the girls then invited Beach Weather frontman Nick Santino back on stage to sing "My Body ft. Your Lips."
Closing out the night with a bang, the quartet slammed into their radio-phenomenon "Blame Brett" which had the whole sold-out venue singing at the top of their lungs, before ending strong with "Money." The success that Jordan Miller, Kylie Miller, Leandra Earl and Eliza Enman-McDaniel have achieved with Blame My Ex with a back to back to back (and then some) stretch of sold out tour dates, is certainly nothing to sneeze at — it's hard not to feel like they might really be the next big thing in Canadian radio rock.
By the time the Beaches took the stage, it was clear they were ready to serve Edmonton a healthy dose of what Blame My Ex is all about. The four-piece's performance of "Kismet" shook the audience, with a punchy delivery of "T-Shirt" bringing out a cool chaos that remained steady throughout the night. Taking a moment to address the audience, frontperson Jordan Miller welcomed Edmonton to the show, and raised the question if any single ladies were in the crowd. Goaded on by a few hoots and hollers from the floor below, Miller went on to explain that they ought to "shake their titties" and live it up in their Carrie Bradshaw era before dedicating "Me & Me" to all the girls in the crowd with "no boo."
The Beaches maintained a healthy vibe of positivity, respect and independence throughout the evening, reveling in their bevvy of steely-eyed breakup tunes and the uplifting messaging behind each heartsick melody. Treating Edmonton to a little surprise, the girls then invited Beach Weather frontman Nick Santino back on stage to sing "My Body ft. Your Lips."
Closing out the night with a bang, the quartet slammed into their radio-phenomenon "Blame Brett" which had the whole sold-out venue singing at the top of their lungs, before ending strong with "Money." The success that Jordan Miller, Kylie Miller, Leandra Earl and Eliza Enman-McDaniel have achieved with Blame My Ex with a back to back to back (and then some) stretch of sold out tour dates, is certainly nothing to sneeze at — it's hard not to feel like they might really be the next big thing in Canadian radio rock.
