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In a click-bait driven music scene, it’s rare to find an album that stands the test of time, but Toronto-based synth duo Electric Youth may have managed that rare feat with their spectral, stunning debut album Innerworld. "We wanted to make something that had the sense of being timeless," says Austin Garrick, the band’s instrumentalist alongside vocalist Bronwyn Griffin. "Our ultimate goal is to make a record that will be the favourite album of people that aren’t born yet."

With their swooning collaboration with College, ‘A Real Hero,’ featured in Nicolas Winding Refn’s universally acclaimed neo-noir Drive, a place in the history books is arguably already theirs. The song was used twice in the Ryan Gosling-starring film, with its touching refrain "A real human being / And a real hero" soundtracking the scene where Driver (Gosling) and Irene (Carey Mulligan) take an idyllic daytime car journey down the LA river, and then appearing again during the final scene and end credits. "We didn’t get to see the film until its premiere at Toronto international film festival," explains Bronwyn. "We sat down on the balcony to watch it, and honestly it almost felt like I was floating, it just washed over me. It was very surreal and dreamlike."

After cracking the Top 10 of the iTunes dance charts in 15 countries, the band stepped back from the limelight to take their time to work on a full-length. "We get asked a lot ‘how have guys not already put out an album – that would have been a good time to do it,’" admits Austin. "But at the end of the day, more important for us than capitalising on timing is really making sure that we would have the record that we wanna have."
In a click-bait driven music scene, it’s rare to find an album that stands the test of time, but Toronto-based synth duo Electric Youth may have managed that rare feat with their spectral, stunning debut album Innerworld. "We wanted to make something that had the sense of being timeless," says Austin Garrick, the band’s instrumentalist alongside vocalist Bronwyn Griffin. "Our ultimate goal is to make a record that will be the favourite album of people that aren’t born yet."

With their swooning collaboration with College, ‘A Real Hero,’ featured in Nicolas Winding Refn’s universally acclaimed neo-noir Drive, a place in the history books is arguably already theirs. The song was used twice in the Ryan Gosling-starring film, with its touching refrain "A real human being / And a real hero" soundtracking the scene where Driver (Gosling) and Irene (Carey Mulligan) take an idyllic daytime car journey down the LA river, and then appearing again during the final scene and end credits. "We didn’t get to see the film until its premiere at Toronto international film festival," explains Bronwyn. "We sat down on the balcony to watch it, and honestly it almost felt like I was floating, it just washed over me. It was very surreal and dreamlike."

After cracking the Top 10 of the iTunes dance charts in 15 countries, the band stepped back from the limelight to take their time to work on a full-length. "We get asked a lot ‘how have guys not already put out an album – that would have been a good time to do it,’" admits Austin. "But at the end of the day, more important for us than capitalising on timing is really making sure that we would have the record that we wanna have."
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