Everything in Waves debut LP Echoes caught be by surprise. I had never heard of them and had no idea what to expect. My friends at Deep Elm sent me a promo of this outstanding debut and I was blown away with how good it was. Rich layers of multi-instrumentation, haunting melodies, big hooks, beautiful ambience, with a mix of tempos and emotion throughout, this is both a great album to listen to with headphones on a dark summer night, but also an album you can rock to in your car on a breezy spring day! I'm getting hints of Bon Iver (the more accessible and melodic side), Appleseed Cast, Minus the Bear, Postal Service / Death Cab, Pedro the Lion, Vancouver Sleep Clinic, and even Peter Gabriel. Really cool beats throughout the album, great basslines and layered guitars, beautiful backing piano on some tracks, and stellar vocal melodies. Very memorable and addictive. Also hearing elements of the more upbeat/ rock/ jangly/ meloncholic side of artists like Matt Pond PA and Owen/American Football. Definitely check this album out when it drops. I could even see fans of bands like Moving Mountains and Gates digging this, even though it's still very different from that.