I’ve been enjoying On The Run, the genre-defying first EP from Ottawa-based indie band The Berns, for two weeks now, and chances are you’ll like it just as much. In five versatile songs, Joe Edgerton and Liam Mastersmith pull out all the stops to show what they have to offer. Guitar-driven storytelling full of mood, melody, and memory make a compelling debut.

Opening track Circles Around the Sun is a country-tinged, radio-ready track that feels expansive, loose, and lush. From there, it shifts gears into the rocking Roadrunner and the surf-soaked To Shoot an Elephant. Then Easy brings these threads together, before winding down with the bluesy ballad Get What You Give.

The On The Run EP, mixed and mastered by Nolan Bell, is out digitally (self-released).

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