Odesza Prepare to Be Electronic Kings of Spring

Few can argue that the bass in Odesza's new music booms with the sound of an electronic act whose time has come. The release of their second album In Return late last year only solidified the duo's recent profile boost in the EDM world. Now with the announcement of their newly-minted label, Foreign Family Collective, Seattle-based DJs Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight have their eyes set on spring, which kicks off with their highly-anticipated set at San Diego's CRSSD Festival this Sunday, March 15.

Considering their deft balance of musicianship and tastefulness in their sunny cocktail of soulful beats, it's no wonder the two have risen so fast in such a short amount of time. Mills met Clayton Knight through mutual friends while studying at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington just a few years ago in 2012. Like many successful bands before them, what started out as a hobby eventually became the driving force behind the duo's passion. Clicking from the get go the duo originally saw the band as an escape from their studies.

"At the time I was doing graphic design stuff for my portfolio and the band seemed like a unique opportunity to brand something before I graduated and moved on the graduate school," Harrison says.

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