Brooklyn, NY/Toronto, ON-based, genre-blending duo The Dream Eaters return with their new EP, The Dream Eaters Quarterly Report: Q125, the first in a planned series of four quarterly EPs. Bathed in retro synths, spectral vocals, and existential yearning, Q125 is a dispatch from inside a crumbling reality – equal parts dystopian satire and heartfelt confession.

“We post a lot of bite-sized content,” explains Jake Zavracky. “These quarterly reports are our way of giving fans the full picture – finished versions of the choruses they’ve fallen in love with on social media.”

The EP’s focus track, “Sacrifice,” takes that concept and dials it all the way up. Written after a late-night screening of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, the track spirals into moody, synth-drenched melancholia, capturing the quiet ache of someone desperate to matter to someone else – even if it means disappearing into their shadow. “It’s like giving up,” Jake says. “Like saying: you do everything, and I’ll be the weight on your shoulder.”

Produced in Toronto with help from vocalist/producer Jimmy Chauveau (The Strumbellas, Kadeema), the track showcases some of the band’s most evocative vocal performances to date. “Jimmy and I push each other a lot,” says Elizabeth LeBaron. “It really helped me tackle some of the vocal gymnastics on “Sacrifice” – this song required a lot emotionally, and technically.”