Denver’s Kiltro recently shared the first single “Guanaco” from their upcoming sophomore album Underbelly. Today, they share the song’s bold DIY-styled music video with imagery and clips emphasizing the sense of foreboding and nervous anxiety expressed within the track.

On the new music video for the single the band’s Chris Bower shares: “Some time ago, Will and I began compiling found footage and visual art from the Creative Commons. These were old movies from the early to mid-20th century, experimental sci-fi films, documentaries, and abstract ambient works that we would project on a screen as we rehearsed. Certain pieces stuck, and it was often difficult to explain why.  Imagery and characters with no apparent connection to the lyrics or emotional content of the songs would create a kind of dreamlike, subconscious dialogue with the music. It was fascinating.

The “Guanaco” video is a compilation of these images, arranged purposefully. We chose those that seemed to thread a conversation with the music, often beyond the grasp of logical sense but somehow meaningful nonetheless. They just worked. I hope you enjoy it.”

Titled Underbelly, Kiltro’s sophomore album crystallizes those dreams and experiences into a post-rock manifesto of dazzling beauty.  Underbelly signals a new chapter in the fusion of Latin roots with mainstream rock and marks a bold step forward in Kiltro’s extraordinary musical journey. 

“When we first started the band, I was playing folk songs – focusing on my interior spaces and finding catharsis through melody,” says the band’s Chris Bowers who sings and plays guitar. “I’ve always been attracted to music that is melancholy and personal. Then we added the rhythmic component, and I realized that having a bit of noise and chaos can add emotional depth. ‘Underbelly’ reflects everything that happens inside your soul when the world stops on its tracks.” “We tried a lot of new things on this record,” agrees Will Parkhill who plays bass. “We were living through unprecedented times and coming to terms with all of it. The album is a reflection of that. At the end of the day, we wanted to create the kind of music that we didn’t hear anywhere else.”

Photo Courtesy: Julian Brier