The new EP from the Glaswegian electropop duo beguilingly documents a doomed relationship in reverse
Though not brothers, Adam Hunter and Sam Hunter of Glasgow-based electropop duo Hyyts have shared a bond since childhood that has sustained them through a meandering path to the brink of success.
Singer and lyricist Adam studied musical theatre in Edinburgh, before moving to
London in a thwarted attempt to become a singer-songwriter, then returning to
Scotland to work as a musical therapist in prisons. Sam, meanwhile, spent some time as a professional gamer, and graduated from promoting niche dance and electronica nights in Edinburgh to producing his own tracks.
In 2015, not long after they started making
music together, Adam moved to Dundee to work on a film soundtrack with Gary Clark, former frontman of 80s pop band Danny Wilson, and Sam came along too. Hyyts’s sound was honed over two years living in the city.