DC-natives, SHAED, will release their latest EP, “Melt” next Friday, Sept. 21 via Photo Finish Records. “Melt” is the follow-up to the band’s debut EP, “Just Wanna See,” which scored the band slots at Billboard Hot 100 Festival, Firefly, Electric Forest and tours with Bishop Briggs, Marian Hill and X Ambassadors. When we last spoke with the band in April, they were living in a house together (Chelsea and Spencer are engaged, Max and Spencer are twins) for several months, writing and recording nonstop. Since then SHAED released three songs from the forthcoming EP with the most recent being “You Got Me Like,” a breezy, slow burning ear-worm that features New York-based artist, snny. To celebrate the release of Melt, SHAED will be playing a very special hometown show at Rock & Roll Hotel on Sept. 29. Get your tickets HERE before they sell out.

"You Got Me Like" feat.

Last week, we asked SHAED to send us a list of songs that inspired the sound of “Melt.” Check out the influential bops below and read about why each song was chosen. You can follow the playlist on Spotify here.

SZA's "Broken Clocks" available on: Apple Music - http://smarturl.it/iBrokenClocks Spotify - http://smarturl.it/sBrokenClocks Amazon - http://smarturl.it/aBrokenClocks Google Play - http://smarturl.it/gBrokenClocks Tidal - http://smarturl.it/tBrokenClocks "CTRL" available on: Apple Music - http://smarturl.it/iCTRL Spotify - http://smarturl.it/sCTRL Soundcloud - http://smarturl.it/scCTRL Tidal - http://smarturl.it/tCTRL Amazon Music - http://smarturl.it/aCTRL Google Play - http://smarturl.it/gCTRL Follow SZA: http://szactrl.com http://instagram.com/sza http://twitter.com/sza http://facebook.com/sza

“Broken Clocks” by SZA

For the past couple of years we have been heavily listening to R&B, especially female artists. I've listened to "Ctrl" over 300 times and I still never tire of it. SZA's lyrics and vocals have been so influential for me.

Vol. 2 Out Now: Download now on Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/iHERVol2 Stream on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/spHERVol2 Amazon Music: http://smarturl.it/azHERVol2 Google Play: http://smarturl.it/gpHERVol2 Download Vol. 1 on Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/iHERv1 Stream Vol. 1 on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/sHERvol1 Amazon Music: http://smarturl.it/aHERvol1 Google Play: http://smarturl.it/gpHERv1 Follow H.E.R. https://www.facebook.com/officialHERmusic/ https://twitter.com/HERMusicx https://www.instagram.com/hermusicofficial/

“Lights On” by H.E.R

I found this track while listening to a random playlist on Spotify. During our free time we always play H.E.R in the background, especially when we're cooking together. Every song off her most recent album is amazing.

Abi Ocia - Running (Produced by Draper & Mkulu) Directed by: Jack Wells Produced by: Millie-Rose Wells Edited by: Joseph Rodrigues Marsh Art and Creative Direction by: Jack Wells, Abi Ocia & Mkulu Lee Designer/Stylist: Elijah Blaine Kinne Biker: Ashley Hart Download/Listen: Direct - http://smarturl.it/RunningAbiOcia Itunes - https://itun.es/gb/6zGmfb Spotify - https://t.co/qCiSJPTEAI Apple Music - https://itun.es/gb/6zGmfb?i=1160906538 Tidal - https://listen.tidal.com/track/65556269 Follow Abi Ocia: Twitter - https://twitter.com/abiocia Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/abiocia Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/abiocia

“Running” by Abi Ocia

This track has all the vibes. I fall deeply in love with this song every time I hear it :)

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group North America Count To Nine · The Japanese House Saw You In A Dream ℗ ℗ 2017 Dirty Hit Released on: 2017-06-30 Producer, Bass, Guitar, Programming, Synthesizer, Vocals: Amber Bain Producer, Drums, Mixer, Programming, Synthesizer: George Daniel Engineer: Felix Rashman Mastering Engineer: Robin Schmidt Author, Composer: Amber Bain Music Publisher: Songs Of INgrooves Auto-generated by YouTube.

“CoUnt to Nine” by The Japanese House

One of my favorite artists of all time. I listen to her all the time, no matter the season or the mood. The intro of the song is so lush and has a similar vibe to the interludes we created for this EP.

Parcels ~ Gamesofluck (Live @ Funkhaus Berlin) Subscribe to Parcels channel: http://bit.ly/2hUbkPq Buy / Stream "Hideout" EP : https://parcels.lnk.to/hideout Directed & edited by Cai Leplaw Audio recording & mixing by Geret Luhr Audio mastering by Andy Schlegel 'Myenemy' is part of the "Hideout" EP, out 27.01.2017 Filming Crew: Cai Leplaw Christopher Kirk Müller Hiroo Tanaka Sound Crew: Geret Luhr Andy Schlegel Paul Scheffler Special thanks to: Andi Toma Nils Frahm & Matthias Hahn Complete Audio Tobias Castorph Paul´s Boutique Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parcelsmusic Follow on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/parcelsmusic/ Follow on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/parcels-music

“Gamesofluck” by Parcels

We became obsessed with Parcels after seeing a video of them performing live. This is the best driving music and has definitely influenced some of our funkier tracks on this EP.

Videogames Soundtracks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgGwRyrQlmjvWsWnLXI8fPA?sub_confirmation=1 Support for the work: ...

“Reverse Faults” by Sampha

We love Sampha and this song in particular has incredible production. We wanted a similar texture on our song “Melt” so we worked with Matt Colton who was the mastering engineer for “Reverse Faults.”

LÉON's - "Liar" (Official Video) Available now here: iTunes: http://smarturl.it/LiariT Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/LiarApM Spotify: http://smarturl.it/LiarSp Amazon Music: http://smarturl.it/LiarAmz Google Play: http://smarturl.it/LiarGp Follow LÉON on: Website: https://itsleonleon.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/itsleonleon Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itsleonleon/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leon

“Liar” by LÉON

This is one of my favorite songs to warm-up to, especially before tracking vocals. Her voice is so deep and beautiful.

"OTW" Available now! http://smarturl.it/XOTW Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/XOTW/applemusic Itunes: http://smarturl.it/XOTW/itunes Spotify: http://smarturl.it/XOTW/spotify Google Play: http://smarturl.it/XOTW/googleplay Amazon Music: http://smarturl.it/XOTW/az Deezer: http://smarturl.it/XOTW/deezer YouTube: http://smarturl.it/XOTW/youtube Follow Khalid: https://www.facebook.com/thegreatkhalid https://twitter.com/thegreatkhalid https://www.instagram.com/thegr8khalid/ Follow 6lack: https://www.facebook.com/6LACK/ https://twitter.com/6LACK https://www.instagram.com/6lack/ Follow Ty Dolla $ign: https://www.facebook.com/tydollasign/ https://twitter.com/tydollasign https://www.instagram.com/tydollasign/

“OTW” by Khalid

We listened to this song over and over on the way home from a family dinner. When we got back, we walked right into the studio and wrote "Inside a Dream" - the closing song on our EP. The songs sound completely different but "OTW" inspired us that night.

Taken from Amber Mark's EP 3:33AM Stream/Download here: [insert link] https://twitter.com/amb3rmark https://www.instagram.com/instagramber https://www.facebook.com/AmberMarkMusic/ https://soundcloud.com/ambermark Music video by Amber Mark performing Lose My Cool. (C) 2017 Jasmine Music Limited t/a PMR Records, under exclusive licence to Virgin EMI Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited http://vevo.ly/pFYHit

“Lose My Cool” by Amber Mark

We <3 Amber. She writes really fun tracks that just make you want to dance. This song in particular was a huge jam when we first moved into a house together last fall. I remember unpacking all our stuff running around the house with this song blasting in the background.

This is the original music video, now with more than 2 million views, but it has been remastered and can be viewed at high resolution with all music videos by director David Herrera here: https://vimeo.com/channels/rebus101 It was named by Paste Magazine as one of the Best Music Videos Of The Decade: http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/11/apologies-to-kanye-but-while.html "Like" David Herrera on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/rebus101 For music video project inquiries contact David Herrera's Production Company: http://www.rebus101.com *NO FREE MUSIC VIDEO REQUESTS!

“How to Disappear Completely” by

Radiohead

This track continues to inspire us. It's from our favorite album, Kid A.

Melt Inspiration: A Playlist by SHAED