'Blend' opens Brainstory's new EP Shoebox Days, recorded at the LA trio's Long Beach studio space. Kevin Martin, Tony Martin and Eric Hagstrom lean into their signature sun-warmed, harmony-driven sound, pairing woozy psych-rock guitar with loose, soulful funk. The vocal sits low in the mix, half-mumbled and dreamy, tracing the pull of infatuation as something instinctive, the way a flower knows when to open. It's one of just two vocal cuts on the EP, and it sets the tone early: warm, hazy, and content to drift.