Kllo Share Gorgeous New Single ‘Insomnia’

KLLO SHARE NEW SINGLE

‘INSOMNIA’

+ SECOND ALBUM MAYBE WE COULD 

OUT JULY 17AVAILBLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER

After a brief hiatus following their 2017 debut album Backwater, the duo are now prepping their imminent return — and they’ve only gotten better– Nylon—Having returned to the limelight last month with a new single + announcement of their upcoming second album, Kllo today share another taste of the record, ‘Insomnia’. The track is one of the few songs written from separate locations when Chloe and Simon were in North America independently, and its feeling reflects a sense of jet-lagged joy and displacement, the ‘high highs, low lows’ as one line goes.‘It’s one of our favourites off the album and is heavily influenced by our time in North America,’ says Kllo. ‘The song is about laying in bed fantasising that you’ll give your all to something and that someone else will too, but knowing deep down it will never happen. The moment of the night where you can’t switch off and differentiate your truth from your imagination.’

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Following the release of their adored full-length debut Backwater, two years of global touring, a handful of singles, and a near-breakup, members Chloe Kaul and Simon Lam both took time away from Kllo to make solo work. The experiences served as a reset, giving them space to learn separately, and, ultimately, to appreciate what they have together. Largely written and recorded upon their return, their new album Maybe We Could (out July 17) signals a new start for Kllo. Ten tracks pairing the rhythms of dance music to emotive chords and melodies; revealing two artists at their strongest yet most vulnerable, operating as their truest selves, honest with each other and their craft.Songs on Maybe We Could grapple with familiar dynamics: unrequited love, doubts, desires, and decisions. Musically, the album finds Kllo following their impulses, embracing a more subdued and nuanced tone. ‘In the past, we’ve tried to speed things up and push away from that…but now we’re sitting where it feels comfortable to us. Comfortable but also daring, because we know it’s not as polished in certain ways.’ Kaul expands, ‘We’re doing us, we’re doing Kllo. We’re a bit older now. We aren’t compromising as much on this album. It’s a little bit classier and more tasteful this time around.’

Maybe We Could Tracklist

1. Cursed 2. Still Here 3. Insomnia 4. My Gemini 5. Somehow6. Maybe We Could 7. Ironhand 8. Up 9. A Mirror 10. Just Checking In

Maybe We Could mirrors the progression and growth of the two artists behind a singular project. The title references a phrase they repeat often when recording. A collective strategy towards facing uncertainty, taking chances, and making choices. Ones that become more deliberate as time rolls on. Lam sums it up, ‘It’s like the album started off with ‘maybe’ and ended with ‘definitely.”‘INSMONIA’ OUT NOWListen / Stream