Endora are a band with a mission. They are out to deliver epic synth-laden indie-pop to the masses of Perth. Having released their debut self-titled EP last year, the band is gearing up for their self-produced sophomore EP, Beginnings. It’s an unusual title, as guitarist Simon Bint explains. “We were throwing different names about and one of the themes of the EP was talking about when relationships begin and end, some of the songs are a bit cryptic about when relationships begin or end.”

Beginnings is a lot more dance-oriented than the Death Cab for Cutie inspired debut effort. The evolution of the band’s sound was very natural, according to Bint.“We found ourselves playing our first EP in venues around Perth and people came up to us and said they loved the more ‘up’ songs, so we thought we had to write more of them. Some of the influences in the dance respect have been Black Kids and Passion Pit, we’re trying to widen our sound and introduce more synths. It’s been a bit of a journey for Jordan (McArthur, keyboards) to delve into that world of synths, he’s been working with the software synths mostly. He’s actually gotten more of a say in the songwriting now.”

Despite the presence the synths have, most of the bands ideas are originally written on guitar, according to Bint. “Callum (Bint, guitar) and I will often jam around on our guitars and bring the skeleton of a song to the band. The five of us will flesh it out. I now find myself saying “Take it Jordan” more because we’re working with synths a lot more.”

Some of the bands influences are quite uncommon, at least as far as local bands go. This is true in the  case of one of their primary influences, Athlete. Bint explains how he discovered the London indie-rock four-piece. “I used to get guitar lessons from a guy called Rory Anderson, before he moved to London with his band, and he told me I should get into Athlete. After they came to Perth I started listening to them and loved their stuff, now all the guys in the band listen to them. We all really love that British pop sound, that big swirling wall of sound like Coldplay or U2.”

All these influences have combined into the band’s trademark sound. How does Bint describe it to newcomers to the band?“It’s really hard to describe our sound with words. We would call ourselves an indie-pop band with textures of guitars and synths. Another name we’ve used is Passion Pit with guitars, as much as we love synths Callum and I are still guitar players.”

Catch Endora at Mojo’s on Saturday November 27 with The Bullet Holes, One Tiger Down and Fat Jackal!