Bora York

While they live in a land famous for frigid weather, husband-and-wife-fronted five-piece Bora York’s music is undoubtedly summer-esque.

With songs written and produced by husband and wife Rebekah and Chris Bartels in Minneapolis, several early demos were intended to compile a folk album as Chris’ senior project for music college, but somewhere along the way, synths were experimented with, ambient textures were filled out, and the acoustic intentions were left behind for a full-on chillwave sound.

Debut album Dreaming Free was born.

The first single after Dreaming Free was "Let Loose," and took their sound to a new direction - tighter, funkier, and dancier, all while maintaining the ethereal dream-pop feel of the first album. It served as the birth of a second album, Secret Youth, which was released by Bartels’ Anthem Falls Music in 2015.

Chris Bartels also writes and releases music as Elskavon and Hi-Fi Cali.