Making Waves

Things are Heating Up for the Lockyer Boys

Ayear after the release of their first single, “Surfing in LA,” the Lockyer Boys are looking at a summer of fresh music and (hopefully) live shows as they promote two new releases.

Last month, the duo dropped “Make It Up As We Go,” a collaboration with diamond/platinumselling French DJ Mathieu Koss. A big name in Europe and South America, Koss’s songs have been streamed hundreds of millions of times and he’s collaborated with superstars like Aloe Blacc and Ziggy Marley.

“We were in Vancouver [working with their awardwinning producer, Jeff Dawson] when Mathieu sent us the track. We basically wrote “Make It Up As We Go" in an hour and a half, and the next day we recorded the vocals in studio and sent it off to Mathieu. He and his team loved it, and here we are,” says Will Lockyer. “When writing this song we were really focusing on the idea that we are at a time in our lives when we are supposed to be making decisions to prepare for our whole adult lives, and perhaps unlike previous generations, we are not doing that, and we are ok with that.”

“It’s our first release since last May, so it’s been a long year of waiting for things to line up. But things are really going to be firing up going into the summer,” adds Charlie Lockyer.

On June 3, the boys will release their third single, “LATKD.” Once again they’ve teamed up with Dawson and added multiplatinum award winner Alan Poettcker (These Kids Wear Crowns) to the writing and production team, as well as local photographer/ videographer Chad Kirvan for the music video (Kirvan also produced the video for “Surfing in LA”).

The pandemic made working remotely with producers and other artists the norm for many musicians, the Lockyer Boys included. That experience allowed them to continue working and creating content even while Will is in Boston studying music production at the Berklee College of Music, which boasts notable alumni like John Mayer and Charlie Puth. Charlie is currently finishing high school in Thunder Bay, and hopes to join his brother next year.

“We’ve been pretty lucky that since we’ve been doing music seriously and professionally it seems like we’ve always got something going on and we’re really grateful for that. Seems like we’re always excited for something we’re working on and that’s the way you want it, right?” says Charlie. “You want to stay excited and have everything be a little newer and a little more exciting than the last, and it’s been that way for us, for sure.”

Check out “Make It Up As We Go” on Spotify and other streaming platforms.

“You want to stay excited and have everything be a little newer and a little more exciting than the last, and it’s been that way for us, for sure.”