James & Evander: Bummer Pop

James & Evander: Bummer Pop– James & Evander are a synth pop duo from Oakland, CA. There are a few things that struck me about J&E when I first heard them: The almost chill-wave-like quality to their mixing and synths layered over their beat-heavy melodies were first and foremost. Add to that their soft-spoken vocals and somewhat distant lyrics and they endear themselves to you before they’ve really gotten started. Then they continue…

My first impressions of them came courtesy of Velvet Blue Music and their EP, Constellating. In many ways, it was a pretty nice introduction to them: A 5-song record with 3 dreamy pop songs and a couple of remixes that gave you an idea of what they were capable of without giving us so much that we’d be swayed one way or the other. In other words, the perfect tease. Then at the beginning of April, we were teased even further with the absolutely solid and flawless Ambigamy single. Its less-than-subtle beauty was more than a tease, it was a full-on assault on our collective heartstrings. So how would Bummer Pop fare?

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