London Based Alt-Pop Duo REYKO Unveil Their Third Album "Fantasía"
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REYKO - a London based alt-pop duo composed of Spaniards Soleil and Igor - have gathered a loyal fanbase and millions of streams in the last few years with their eclectic, genre-defying amalgam of ridiculously infectious pop songs and inventive, quirky sounds inspired by anything from psychedelic pop, electronica to art-punk. You have probably already heard many of REYKO's songs in a series or a commercial– 'Cruel Summer', 'Élite' or 'Toy Boy', just to name a few – but you just don't know that you did.
After spending last year touring the UK, Germany, France, Mexico, Spain and Serbia to promote their second album 'Pulse', now REYKO present 'Fantasía', their highly anticipated third effort. Just like the album's artwork, with 'Fantasía' REYKO have created a multicolour universe: a kind of collage of themes, sounds and styles that, when you listen to it, takes you on a trip through the duos inspirations, seen through Soleil's and Igor's eyes. Glimpses of influences that can be heard in the duo's sounds are as wide-ranging as Jane Birkin, Beatles, Kraftwerk, Ramones, Manu Chao or Billie Eilish.
In 'Fantasía', there are songs sung in English, and others sung in Spanish. There's even a couple of instrumentals, such as the album closer '6pm'. There are love stories (the opener 'Tú y Yo'), euphoric anthems (the luminous 'Already There'), tales of heartbreak (the jazzy 'Josephine') and romantic ballads ('Siempre Estaré Contigo'). There's psychedelic electronica, fuzzy rock guitars and jazzy pianos. In 'Fantasía', REYKO opens the door to their own world, full of overlapping layers. The world created by Soleil and Igor is, after all, a big celebration of life with all its ups and downs, angles and nuances.
