dayaway is the dreamy indie pop project of Amber Renee, a water sign obsessed with the ocean. Her songs tell a story of love and loss, detailing a heartbreak in summertime snapshots. The project was conceived and written over many afternoons out at Rockaway Beach and produced with her longtime collaborator and four-time Grammy winner Graham Marsh. Equal parts beachy new wave and hazy dream pop, dayaway’s songs are tailor-made for golden afternoons on the water.

Somewhere outside of space and time, there is an ocean glittering under perpetual twilight, blue waves crashing onto a golden shore. This dreamworld, home to lost things, forgotten memories, and past lives, is called ghost beach, and it’s the setting and title of dayaway’s highly anticipated third EP.

ghost beach finds the band exploring classic surf rock akin to Dick Dale and his Del-tones and the Surfaris with dreamy nods toward new wave and psychedelia. It is quintessential dayaway world building, where surreal scenarios take you to the bottom of the ocean or beam you into the farthest reaches of outer space. Beneath the lush, beachy soundscapes, these are artfully crafted love songs that capture something essential to the human experience: pure longing, nostalgia, regret, loneliness, and bliss.

dayaway’s self-titled debut EP arrived in 2022 to immediate fanfare. The band’s first single “cool water” amassed millions of streams across platforms, landing in Spotify’s New Music Friday, Good Vibes and Golden Hour playlists, among others. Follow up singles “beach 90th” and “desert island" found a home in playlists like Apple’s New in Indie and Spotify’s Surf Rock Sunshine. 2023’s blue summer moon shared equal success, with singles “ocean blues” and “a brief dream of sun” landing in Fresh Finds, Indie Chillout and Chill Vibes, among others. The band’s sophomore EP quickly amassed over 2 million streams across platforms. dayaway received glowing reviews from FLOOD Magazine, Under the Radar and EARMILK. Meanwhile, their songs have been featured in Netflix’s Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between, ABC’s A Million Little Things, Cazzie David’s I Love You Forever and Apple’s Memories Campaign, leading to lots of attention for the brand new, somewhat quiet band.

With their third offering, dayaway remain a band to watch. ghost beach is out everywhere on August 14th via the band’s self-run indie label Turn to Wind.