Chiiild has shared another tack off their forthcoming EP, the irresistible groove of “Darling.” The single was the closer on their recent tour alongside labelmates Emotional Oranges. With a chorus repeating “you are the best of me, darling,” they won over the crowd night after night. Of the song, Chiild says, “If you’ve ever been in love …” “Darling,” along with previously released “Back to Life” ft. Zimbabwean artist, songwriter, poet and activist Shungudzo and “Count Me Out,” is found on the Montreal band’s forthcoming Synthetic Soul EP, out in early 2020 via indie tastemaker collective Avant Garden (THEY., Emotional Oranges, Slenderbodies).
Chiiild is a band that manages to create a sound that is retro-future chill out r&b meets psychedelic, equally inspired by D’Angelo as it is Tame Impala. Pigeons & Planes named them one of their “Best Artists of The Month” for September, saying, “Montreal-based band Chiiild had one of the year’s strongest debut singles so far with “Count Me Out.” Complex also wrote, “Chiiild are making a name for themselves with a genre-defying sound that is simultaneously unique and familiar. Case in point: the band’s latest offering, “Back to Life,” which fuses R&B, psychedlic rock and soul, with a healthy dose of hypnotic pop. Though this collection could’ve easily resulted in a cacophony, Chiiild pulls it off with ease- delivering a record that is equal parts catchy and ethereal.”
Chiiild already have a long list of impressive collaborations, spanning from working on a Grammy award winning Jack Ü album with Skrillex and Diplo to Usher, Jacob Banks, Allie X and more.
