Sweetooth

LPA

1. Track a’ Lackin’
2. Consume Me
3. Sunshine
4. Ricer of Love
5. Heavenly
6. Danger

LPB

1. On My Way
2. Boom, There Goes the Sun
3. Narwhal
4. Set Me on Fire and Send Me to Canada
5. Lonpela Taim
6. Devil In Me

Xylaroo are Holly and Coco Chant: two sisters, two peas in a pod, two harmonious voices cut only from the same cloth as each other. Maidstone was where the duo began gigging, but it was really island life in Sri Lanka that added a rustic, vibrant flavour to their matter-of-fact, earthen songs. Coco, who studied Psychology, however, was always determined to make the band thing work. Both had their musical epiphanies while getting heart-deep into the storytelling of alternative folk band Rilo Kiley, and specifically front-woman Jenny Lewis who they foam at the mouth over discussing. As lead songwriter she also cites Nina Simone, Edith Piaf and Dolly Parton as major influences. The similarities with Rilo Kiley are there on Xylaroo's own songs, such as first single, 'Sunshine' - an upbeat number about leaving life's negatives behind and focusing on those natural rays of hope.