Eddie Johnston, the prodigious New Zealand teen who makes lo-fi 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.<br /><br />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 mixed up with shots of the boys exploring the city, eyes wide and hearts full, drunk on that hard-to-describe feeling that comes a lot less often now that I live here full time. It usually only hits me when I'm walking around midtown and remember to look up.<br /><br />Watch Lontalius perform "Yr Heart Is Beating" above, and listen to an official stream of the track below. His new album I'll Forget 17, named for a slightly modified Frank Ocean lyric, is out March 25 on Partisan.<br /><br />https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/11/lontalius-yr-heart-is-beating-live<br /><br />Subscribe now for more The FADER http://bit.ly/XPZVfG<br /><br />Read the FADER: http://www.thefader.com<br />Follow the FADER on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefader<br />Like the FADER on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/11JaNSJ<br />Follow the FADER on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/xerObW<br /><br />Director: Scott Perry, Rob Semmer<br />Editor: Sam Balaban<br />Director of Photography: Scott Perry<br />Executive Producer: Joseph Patel<br />Production Company: The FADER<br /><br />Special Thanks to Tribe Bicycles
