Surely Shirley serve up sunny vintage pop on their debut EP Sailors and Clowns.

We’ve been fans of Surely Shirley for a long time now (see our interview with them from over a year ago below). The duo, which is made up of twin Anisha and Jenaya Okpalanze, have been serving up sugary melodies and doo-wops backed by swaying grooves for a while now, with a meticulous approach to both their music and their visual output.

Directing or co-directing their videos, the pair have built out a Surely Shirley world which feels like it lives somewhere between a 60s dollhouse and a Wes Anderson film, with their music perfectly syncing with the pastels and performances we watch unfold.

 

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That’s no more evident than in the ‘Lavender Blues’ clip which dropped today along with the EP. Complete with claps and shimmering guitar lines, Anisha and Jenaya’s vocals bounce between softly sung hooks and dreamy harmonies, as a groovy beat keeps everything glued together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxqEcuKZAeQ

Get familiar with ‘Lavender Blues’ along with the other previously unreleased track ‘Take What You Will’ – and all of the older tunes too – below and head here to follow Surely Shirley on Insta. Oh and peep some BTS from the video in the gallery above!

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