Leeds-based five-piece KOYO have unleashed a lilting, psychedelica-tinged first single from their upcoming debut album – check out the pleasingly-retro ‘Tetrachromat’ below, first on Dork. Recorded at Foel Studio in Wales, it’s ‘officially’ out on 31st March.
“When I was writing this song I was thinking a lot about the personal triumphs and defeats within your state of mind that you can go through in just one day,” frontman Huw Edwards explains. “How one day you can wake up with a will to change or conquer something in your life, but by the end of the day you’re slipping back into your own familiar insecurities.
“It has that lulling sound, existing somewhere between dreams and reality. Maybe that battle you’re going through is a conflict of dreams and reality. That’s ‘Tetrachromat’ really, sonically and lyrically it’s a day in the life and everything that comes in between. When you hear the full version, with part II, hopefully you’ll be able to gain more perspective on the idea.”
The band’s debut album is due later in the year – watch this space.