Pop Mutations, Freakender & Monorail Music present:

LYLO 'Thoughts Of Never' Album Launch

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Saturday 18th May

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Scottish trio LYLO emerge from a six year hiatus today with news of a new album, Thoughts of Never, a pristine body of work built on foundations of vulnerability and cinematic pop sensibilities, set for release May 10th, 2024 via El Rancho Records. The announcement comes paired with a first look into the album through a fusion of downbeat pop-club, Balearic beats and soul grooves in the form of ‘Hush’, featuring Esmé Dee (The Orielles), along with the news of a release show upon the album’s launch.

Smooth and soulful ‘Hush’ marks a new direction for LYLO. It depicts the desperate desire to connect with others, whilst wrestling with anxiety and a play-hard-to-get inner voice - portrayed by Esmé’s vocal additions - through pensive-cum-bitter lyricisms. “It’s melancholic but carries a playfulness to it,” says the band. “If anyone ever fancies a reflective dance, we hope this is the song.”

The video was made in collaboration with BAFTA nominees, director Daniel Cook and producer Marcy Paterson, and further enhances the narrative of the anxious voice, and what one does in an attempt to escape it. Stylistic references to the 1979 movie, The Warriors, are seen in the radio live room scenes, which is starkly contrasted with the mundane routine inspired by the style and aesthetic of Takeshi Kitano’s films.

Thoughts of Never, engineered and co-produced with friend Joel Patchett (Billy Ocean, King Krule), was written with the members residing in both Berlin and Glasgow, directly affecting the album's motifs.

Present in the album are topics of emotional communication, melancholy in metropolis and the willingness to (re)connect, which are all explored through a wonky Japanese inspired pop soundscape, with new and obvious nods to R&B soul intertwined with ambient pads. The album is

littered with an abundance of influences from musicians and movies alike, stretching from names such as Sade, The Blue Nile, The Pet Shop Boys, Eddie Chacon to The Great Beauty (2013) and Hana-Bi (1997), the latter in which the band would mute and play their songs over each day, “treating

the album mixes as a soundtrack”, which in turn, heavily influenced the tracklisting composition.

The album includes several features and collaborations from artist friends, with the likes of Cassandra Jenkins (LYLO were Cassandra’s backing band on her last UK/EU album tour), Gerard Black (Babe), Esmé Dee Hand-Halford (The Orielles) and spoken word poet alore,, all making an

appearance on the captivating new record.

In 2018, LYLO released Post Era to critical acclaim. The Skinny Magazine readers voted the album the #2 Scottish Album of the year and they were awarded the title of Scotland’s Best Live Act at the 2018 Scottish Alternative Music Awards. LYLO has flirted with audiences at SXSW and Sound

City, in addition to supporting Belle & Sebastian, Porches, White Denim and Juniore and recording live sessions for BBC Radio 6 Music’s Marc Riley.

This new era is a testament to their friendship, and promises that the best is yet to come.