The best thing about the effortlessly listenable Lustre isn’t Maryse Bernard’s dreamy vocals, or Solomon Krause-Imlach’s rich production—it’s the fact that while Vancouver is fast building a scene around deep neo-soul (think I M U R, Evy Jane, and Maiwah), Seaborne’s debut offering is particularly nonderivative.

Bernard’s lush R&B singing style rubs up against unexpected electronic sounds on opener “Constellations/Flashes”, introducing the first of many arresting samples and tones. Exploring everything from rippling sitar riffs to heavily reverbed claves and off-kilter snippets of puddle splashes, Krause-Imlach rummages around the deepest corners of sample packs to build a fresh mood on each track.

Offbeat rhythms and vocal acrobatics abound, with a polish that lends the EP a certain, well, lustre.