Kiltro drops “Guanaco” music video as well as extended their upcoming tour
Kiltro US Tour - new dates in bold
June 21 - Detroit, MI - Lager House
June 22 - Columbus, OH - Woodlands
June 24 - Bethlehem, PA - Sabor Festival
June 25 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
June 26 - Cambridge, MA - Club Passim
June 28 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby’s All Right
June 29 - Vienna, VA - Jammin Java
June 30 - Richmond, VA - Richmond Music Hall
July 1 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
July 3 - Nashville, TN - The Basement
July 6 - Madison, WI - The Bur Oak
July 7 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
July 8 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
August 9 - San Francisco, CA - Cafe Du Nord
August 10 - Los Angeles, CA - Gold-Diggers
August 11 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy's & Harriets
August 13 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
August 16 - Austin, TX - Ballroom
August 17 - Houston, TX - WOMH Upstairs
August 18 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada
August 19 - Oklahoma City, OK - Resonant Head
August 25 - Denver CO - VORTEX 2023
September 14 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir
September 16 - Vancouver, BC - The Cobalt
September 17 - Seattle, WA - Barboza
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 Bowers 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 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.”
Kiltro are already a fixture in the Denver scene where they are famous for their transformative live shows. The band is also announcing a new string of headline tour dates following shows kicking off in June and stretching into late summer. Kiltro will also play VORTEX 2023 this August in Denver, CO, the first of more hometown shows to come, you can purchase tickets here. All dates are listed below, new shows will be on sale this Friday local time and via the band’s website.
Years ago, Chilean-American singer/songwriter Chris Bowers Castillo moved to the port city of Valparaíso and became a walking tour guide. “I would dress up as Wally and give tours to families and kids,” he remembers with a laugh. “It was great, because I got to know the city incredibly well. I’d walk for hours, then spend the rest of the day partying and drinking, probably way too much. But I also wrote lots of new songs.”
Back in Denver, Chris looked for a moniker that reflected the evocative and subtly rebellious musical concepts percolating in his head, and settled on kiltro - a word used in Chile for stray dogs or mutts. He then teamed up with bassist Will Parkhill and drummer Michael Devincenzi, later inviting Fez García to join the band as an additional percussionist on Kiltro’s live gigs.
“I wanted to do a project mixing different styles and aesthetics,” he says. “Valparaíso is my favorite city in the world and will always influence my music. There were street dogs everywhere, and I’m a mutt myself.”
