Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance went to the same high school in vancouver and bonded over pop punk, then found each other again in brooklyn and started making records together in 2012. resident advisor calls the result decidedly post club, which is a useful way of saying songs that work in a room.

Tearing Me Up, from the 2015 album Days Gone By on domino, was nominated for best dance recording at the 2017 grammys. worth being precise about this one, because a lot of bios are not: the recording academy's database shows one nomination and no wins for them. the grammy that year went to rac for remixing the track, and that award belongs to the remixer.

Silence is our canvas. There's nothing and then all of a sudden you create music and put a statement into the world that never existed before.

jimmy vallance to atwood magazine, 9 june 2023

their biggest record is a collaboration. Inner Light, made with Elderbrook in july 2021, which Barry Can't Swim then remixed. jamie jones's remix of their Enough to Believe is close behind, and they made Desire with ZHU. four names on this page in one paragraph.

BLINK, their newest album, came out on 17 october 2025 with a deluxe edition following on 10 july 2026. they play both formats, the band and a straight club set, and the 2026 dates are billed as the latter.

osheaga in montreal on 31 july, then nitsa in barcelona on 21 august, ibiza on the twenty third, amsterdam on 30 october and factory town in miami on 14 november.