Kaleo

Bluesy folk quartet Kaleo hail from the city of Mosfellsbær, just beyond Reykjavik. They infuse soulful vocals with smoky rhythms comparable to Hozier or Ray LaMontagne. Produced by childhood close friends Jökull Júlíusson (vocals, electric guitar), Davíð Antonsson (drums), and Daníun Ægir Kristjánsson (bass), they started playing jointly as teenagers, afterwards adding guitarist Rubin Pollock towards the combine and implementing the name Kaleo, a Hawaiian phrase that means “the audio.” Motivated by a variety of blues, folk, nation, and rock and roll, they produced their live debut in 2012 on the Icelandic Airwaves music celebration and documented their initial singles the next calendar year. Their live radio functionality of the original Icelandic tune “Vor í Vaglaskógi” became a shock regional hit as well as the video proceeded to go viral in 2013. By year’s end, Kaleo acquired agreed upon with Sena, the country’s largest record label. Their self-titled debut proceeded to go gold within their house nation, spawning five number 1 hits and motivating their first Western european tour. The discharge of their introspective acoustic one, “All of the Quite Young ladies” in, 2014 became a turning stage for the youthful band, and in a short time Kaleo had agreed upon with Atlantic in the U.S. and relocated to Austin, Tx, where they started working on materials for their following discharge and touring THE UNITED STATES. A set of brand-new singles found its way to 2015 as the music group discovered their footing in the us. The inclusion of “Method Down We Move” within an bout of NBC’s Blindspot garnered Kaleo countrywide exposure, as do a promo place for the melody “No Great” that was featured over the truck for the HBO series Vinyl fabric. Another solitary, “I CANNOT Continue Without You,” found its way to early 2016. Their worldwide debut recording, A/B, premiered later that summer season.