Lontalius Yr Heart is Beating ( Live Performance)

Eddie Johnston, the prodigious New Zealand teen who makes lofi pop songs as Lontalius, had always dreamed about coming to New York; he told me so when we spoke over Skype for his GEN F profile in 2014. Last fall, that dream came true when he and his bandmates landed in the States to play a few shows, and we were lucky enough to spend some time with them on their inaugural visit. In the video above, they play a sleepy new song called Yr Heart Is Beating on a Red Hook rooftop at dusk. The performance is m