KLLO SHARES VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE 'VIRTUE'
Kllo have shared the official video for their new single, 'Virtue,' which premiered earlier today via NYLON. Of the making of the clip, Chloe Kaul from Kllo says, 'London had a large influence on the creation of 'Virtue' so it made sense for us to get the video made whilst we were over there. It was our first headline tour through the UK, whilst in the midst of writing our debut album, so it was a special time for us. We were lucky enough to finish the album in the London summer, learning more about the city, the people and the culture. We made a lot of new friends over there. We put this together with the first friends we made in London, mostly shot on their rooftop. It was a lot of fun.'
Taken from debut album Backwater, ''Virtue' is the slow-building and euphoric first single. It's about not knowing what you’ve got till it’s gone, whether that be a part of yourself or somebody else,' the pair say. 'It’s the present moment of finally coming to that realisation.'
Slow to arc, 'Virtue' hushes, stutters, and syncopates before locking into a club-ready groove in its second minute. The hook poses a question: 'Can I count on you?' Drama is introduced, and heightened without resolution. Instead we’re lead to a stirring and euphoric epiphany
Kllo – an electronic pop collaboration between Melbourne cousins Chloe Kaul and Simon Lam – waded in figurative backwater for much of 2016 amid an extensive world tour. These were exciting times; the duo’s Well Worn EP furthered the promise of 2014 EP Cusp, receiving millions of streams and landing Kllo on festival stages as well as Artists-to-Watch lists. Nonetheless, the stretch kept them far from home, isolated and vulnerable, treading through perpetual uncharted territory while yearning for the comforts of the familiar.
As a result, Kllo’s full-length debut depicts inner adjustment to outer change. Songs were written partially on the road and developed back at Lam’s bungalow, a haven that harbours creative spontaneity and catharsis.
'It’s the first time we hadn’t felt like kids anymore,' says Kaul. “We were really able to dive in deeper and bring out a lot more of us into the music.”
Kllo first emerged with a sound beyond their years; fully formed, fusing elements of R&B, UK garage, and 2-step. Well-versed students of artists like James Blake, Lauryn Hill, and The xx, the duo extend an amalgamation of established pop elements with modern sensibilities and wide-eyed sincerity. Backwater arrives as a refined, coming-of-age account. The LP format finds Kllo with more room to breathe and sync their rhythms with emotions. Kaul’s smoky voice emanates with assurance and leisure. Lam’s production invents brooding, steely undercurrents hemmed with charming crescendos.
Kllo have officially come out the other end of the stilted estuary with twelve compositions cultivated to feel timeless and crafted, and equally current. The duo’s upcoming release — their most realised work to date — Backwater celebrates the ephemeral and the enduring changes in emotion, the downfalls and the dissolves. It’s an album that parts course with its flow, and flourishes in a lowland.
Kllo’s debut LP Backwater is due for release on 20 October (via Good Manners Records/Caroline Australia, Ghostly International and Different Recordings), and will be available on CD, digitally and on 180g double vinyl + ltd edition coloured vinyl.
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To celebrate the their debut album Backwater, Kllo are pleased to announce tour dates to support the release around Europe and Australia/New Zealand, with North American dates to follow soon.
Backwater Album World Tour Live Dates
