Ebbb’s live shows have been getting our Nat stupidly excited since she first saw them support Model / Actritz a few years ago, and she’s taken every opportunity to lose herself in their fervent eclecticism and unpredictable restlessness ever since. A Dinked Edition had to be on the cards when the debut album finally came around & luckily, signed to our good friends at Ninja Tune, this came to fruition!  

Shallow Hits is an album bursting with ideas, textures, rhythms, detail and emotion – the scope, variety and ambition is clear from the off. “Come Alive” whirs into being quietly before morphing into a sun-kissed, radiant piece of calypso-esque electronic pop; the Latin-flavoured “Now You Know” feels destined to soundtrack sun-drenched festivals this summer; while the wonky yet propulsive charge of “Side On” sounds like a drum ‘n’ bass club and church choir combined. 

Latterly, the record dives into the moody technoid textures and multi-layered harmonies that characterised their debut EP, All At Once - exemplified by ‘Youth’ and the closing track, “I’m Not Enough”, which lands an emotional gut punch to an album that is already littered with them.