The Beaches’ lead singer Jordan Miller doesn’t like to speak too loudly when she talks about the “strange, wonderful, complicated person” who is not only her boyfriend, but also the man that inspired the Canadian alt-rockers massive hit “Takes One to Know One.”
“Actually, I’m meeting his family right now,” whispers Jordan Miller, 28, during an interview from her boyfriend’s parents’ home in Calgary. “I think it’s going well. We definitely had a lot of wine last night! We moved in together maybe, arguably, probably too early, but you know — I’m young and it’s fine.”
Certainly, it’s these so-very-real tales of love and life that float amongst the undeniable magic of The Beaches, made up of Miller, her sister Kylie Miller and fellow band members Leandra Earl and Eliza Enman-McDaniel.
“I wanted to write a song about falling in love with a complicated person and also sort of realizing and recognizing that I’m also not perfect in any stretch,” says Jordan of the addictive “Takes One to Know One. “I’m also complicit in the flaws of my life, but truthfully, I love the flaws of my relationship and I love the flaws that I have for myself.”
It’s this truthfulness that not only lies within the addictive music on The Beaches’ current album Blame My Ex, but also now lies within a brand-new mini doc about the band. Premiering exclusively on PEOPLE, the mini doc not only goes back to the beginnings of the band that were catapulted into legendary status with their viral single “Blame Brett,” but also tells the endearing story behind their sold-out Toronto show at Bud Stage this past summer.
“Selling out Budweiser stage was an incredibly full circle moment for us,” The Beaches’ drummer Eliza Enman-McDaniel, 28, tells PEOPLE of the show more than a decade in the making. “After going to so many shows there our entire lives, it felt surreal to have our own show there and to experience such an iconic night with our city. It was definitely one of the best nights of our lives.”
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It’s these lives that have the spotlight shown on them with every note and every lyric on Blame My Ex. “It’s us really analyzing our own flaws and not looking to our s—ty ex-boyfriends and girlfriends, but being like, ‘Oh, maybe we need to therapize ourselves a little bit and look inwards,'” explains Kylie Miller, 27, to PEOPLE about the groundbreaking album that includes the band’s current single “Jocelyn.” “All of our songs are sort of therapy sessions. When you go to therapy, I’m either laughing or crying, and I think that’s something you can take away from our music specifically.”
“I think we’ve just really kind of homed in on our sound,” adds Jordan. “We feel really confident and sure of ourselves for the first time in our career.”
The Beaches’ have now taken that confidence to the states, selling out show after show after show on their headlining tour, which included sellouts in September in major U.S. markets such as Dallas, Atlanta, and Charlotte.
“It’s been a long journey,” says Kylie from her current home in Nashville. “It’s really hard for Canadian bands to break out of our country and into yours, but since touring consistently here for the past two years, it just feels like it’s another home for us. But yeah, it’s just a different world over here. It’s crazy.”
“Touring is really grueling,” adds Jordan. “But then after it got taken away, I think everybody recognized the power of it, and the power of a community that goes to see live music and what that can provide for you and for your mental health. I know that every time we are tired, I just tell myself like, ‘Hey, there could be another pandemic, and this could not be a thing anymore. We should just enjoy it while we can.’ The best part of our job is doing that — bringing people together.”
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