The Beaches at Minnesota Yacht Club Festival

With the sticky July heat wrapping around Harriet Island Regional Park like a well-worn band tee, the Mississippi River humming a lazy backdrop to the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival on July 20, 2025. There, under a sky streaked with sunset pinks, The Beaches stormed the stage—the Toronto quartet channeling raw rock ‘n’ roll that had the crowd fist-pumping and singing back every word.

Sisters Jordan and Kylie Miller, flanked by lifelong friends Eliza Enman-McDaniel and Leandra Earl, turned the afternoon slot into a full-throttle reminder of why they’ve become Canada’s breakout rock force. But to catch the full vibe of that riverside roar, let’s spool back to their scrappy start, a story straight out of a neighborhood garage jam session. It kicked off in 2009 in Toronto’s east-end Beaches district—fittingly, the hood that would later name them—when tween sisters Jordan (on bass and lead vocals) and Kylie (guitar and backing vocals) teamed up with drummer Eliza Enman-McDaniel under the pop-punk banner Done with Dolls, rounding out with guitarist Megan Fitchett.

High school gigs kept the fire lit, but by 2013, Fitchett bowed out, Leandra Earl jumped in on keys, guitar, bass, and harmonies, and they rebranded as The Beaches, ditching punk edges for a sharper alternative rock bite. Two self-titled EPs followed in 2013 and 2014, catching ears and landing a Universal Records deal in 2016.Their big swing came with the 2017 debut album Late Show, produced by Metric’s

Emily Haines and James Shaw. Singles “Money” (a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nominee) and “T-Shirt” (topping Canada’s Rock chart and going Gold) propelled them to Juno Breakthrough Group of the Year in 2018. They hit the road hard, opening for Passion Pit and The Glorious Sons, then scoring a slot on The Rolling Stones’ 2019 No Filter Tour. EPs The Professional (2019, with “Fascination” hitting No. 10 Rock) and Future Lovers (2021, “Let’s Go” at No. 4) built steam, culminating in the 2022 Juno-winning Rock Album of the Year compilation Sisters Not Twins (The Professional Lovers Album).

After parting with Island Records, they went indie with singles like “Grow Up Tomorrow” and the End of Summer EP.The game-changer dropped in 2023: Blame My Ex, their second full-length on AWAL, led by the TikTok-viral juggernaut “Blame Brett”—a sassy breakup banger that ruled Canada’s Rock chart for four weeks, cracked U.S. airplay charts, and snagged another Juno Rock Album win in 2024, plus a Polaris Prize shortlist nod. They doubled down opening for The Rolling Stones again and headlining Toronto’s Budweiser Stage. Fast-forward to 2025: Singles “Takes One To Know One” and “Jocelyn” teased their third album No Hard Feelings, out August 29, with “Last Girls at the Party” storming to No. 1 on Canada Modern Rock. Back-to-back Juno Group of the Year honors cemented their throne. From basement dreams to festival firecrackers, The Beaches prove rock’s best tales are the ones you live loud.

Band Members

• Jordan Miller – lead vocals, bass guitar
• Kylie Miller – guitar, backing vocals
• Eliza Enman-McDaniel – drums
• Leandra Earl – keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals

Setlist

• Cigarette
• Me & Me
• Jocelyn
• Kismet
• Last Girls at the Party
• What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Paranoid
• Everything Is Boring

Dive into the rock ‘n’ roll journey of The Beaches, the Toronto sisters-and-friends quartet who evolved from 2009 pop-punk roots to viral anthems like “Blame Brett.” Catch the highlights from their electrifying Minnesota Yacht Club Festival 2025 set, including the verified setlist and timeless tracks that defined their rise.The Beaches band history Minnesota Yacht Club Festival 2025

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