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Motion Studies

We never saw the connection, but now that it's arrived it makes sense that there's a thread between The Weeknd and Junior Boys. We have Motion Studies to thank for the enlightening line drawing work.

Motion Studies is fronted by former Tempo No Tempo inertia-man Tyler McCauley, who spent the time since TNT ended playing with Grooms and Teen Witch. He's left Grooms and is joined by ex-members of Grooms, Night Manager, and Magic Bullets for his Motion Studies project. Motion Studies say hello with a moody computer blues on ā€œHearts Will Beatā€, which sounds like auto-tune era Kanye getting ā€œLove Lockdownā€ remixed by The Loyal Divide. The track starts in a claustrophobic space of opulent robo-balladry and slowly mutates into a pulsating anthem as the bass gains swing and intensity. ā€œKalimbaā€ and ā€œIn Whiteā€ illuminate brightness, that's aligned closer to the Junior Boys' territory (particularly that saxophone skronking on ā€œKalimba), but their shimmer rests in the brooding shadow of ā€œHearts Will Beatā€.

The debut EP was mixed by Leo Maymind of Spanish Prisoners.