THE DREAM EATERS – “SACRIFICE”
INDEPENDENT
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.
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.
With a sound rooted in indie pop, dream pop, and synthwave nostalgia, The Dream Eaters continue to build a world uniquely their own – part late-stage capitalist fever dream, part tender love letter to the human condition. “This EP feels like it’s coming from someone who’s just trying to hold onto a sense of identity in a world that’s increasingly programmed,” says Elizabeth.
Formed in Brooklyn in 2015, the band has evolved into a cult art-pop project with hundreds of darkly whimsical videos and an ever-growing fanbase. Their web series, The Dream Eating Freakshow, along with viral TikTok clips and immersive music videos, have made The Dream Eaters as much a visual experience as a musical one.
Following past releases We Are a Curse and Pagan Love, and with a 2025 North American tour underway, The Dream Eaters show no signs of slowing down. Consider Q125 your first quarterly check-in from the edge of reality and “Sacrifice” its most haunting report.
ARTIST QUOTE
“It’s like giving up,” Jake says. “Like saying: you do everything, and I’ll be the weight on your shoulder.”
“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.”
The Dream Eaters
The Dream Eaters Quarterly Report: Q125
(Independent)
Release Date: April 25, 2025
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