XYLØ

Los Angeles' XYLØ have racked up nearly 1.5 million plays on their first two darkly decadent releases "America" and "Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea." Today the rising sibling duo return to unleash their newest track "Afterlife" onto the world following its debut yesterday on Zane Lowe's Beats1 radio show. As singer Paige Duddy's vocals drift into her brother Chase's propulsive production, "Afterlife" gathers dust and momentum until throwing caution to the wind at the chorus where a guttural release finds the whole thing unfurling like a searing synthed-out sand storm, pummeling against a howling expanse that would make a lovelorn Lana Del Rey swoon. It all mounts to further proof of XYLØ's sultry capabilities.

Let XYLØ show you a good time in our exclusive online premiere of their "Afterlife" below and look for more music coming soon. - Complex Magazine

Never heard of XYLØ? No worries. They've only released one track, so you can be forgiven if you didn't contribute to the 900,000 plus plays on their soundcloud for "America"—a slab of gorgeously moody pop which dropped in February and caught fire. Below is their follow up, "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," a tune laden with militaristic snare ratatats and weird electronic sonic tweaks (in the chorus) that oddly remind me of "Underwater Love" by Smoke City (man, I wish they made Levi's commercials like this still. Props to Michel Gondry for directing this ad). In any case, vocalist Paige Duddy breathes a dreamy sensuality into this tune, composed with her partner in crime, Chase Duddy. Keep your ears perked for more from this LA-based duo and in the meantime, listen below. - Noisy / Vice

Los Angeles dark-pop duo Paige and Chase Duddy — A.K.A XYLØ — might be brand-new to the music scene, but their spellbinding first single, “America,” sounds anything but amateur. Less inviting but similar in its seductive propulsion to Lana Del Rey, “America” utilizes haunting, animus lyrics (“Real life is make believe / All that glitters isn’t gold to me”), trancelike vocals, and a languid heave of distorted synths. Though it’s cool and detached, there’s charm and romance in “America”‘s heart. MARGARET FARRELL - SPIN MAGAZINE