KALEO

KALEO is an Icelandic blues/rock band that formed at Mosfellsbær in 2012. Kaleo's music genre mainly focuses on Indie and Alternative Rock music with elements of Folk Music and Blues Rock. They have released two studio albums, KALEO (2013) and A/B (2016), as well as an EP, Glasshouse (2013). A/B has sold over 910,000 albums worldwide. One of the singles from A/B, "Way Down We Go", has been certified platinum in the US and reached #1 on the Billboard Alternative Chart on 20 August 2016. KALEO received a Grammy nomination in 2017 for Best Rock Performance for the song "No Good"

Best friends since attending elementary school outside of Reykjavik, bandleader JJ Julius Son, drummer David Antonsson, and bassist Daniel Kristjansson began playing together at the age of 17 before adding guitarist Rubin Pollock to the mix in 2012. They named the band Kaleo, which means "the sound" in Hawaiian, and started their career with a handful of well-received shows at the 2012 Iceland Airwaves music festival, which was the band's first major public appearance. Kaleo gained fame after covering the song "Vor í Vaglaskógi". in 2013,KALEO had signed with Sena, the country's main record label. Their self-titled debut went gold in their home country, spawning five number one hits and inspiring their first European tour. In 2014, the band gained further attention with their single "All the Pretty Girls", which garnered over 87 million streams on Spotify. Another three singles were released to promote their upcoming major label debut album A/B: "Way Down We Go", "No Good", and "I Can't Go On Without You". The single "Way Down We Go", was released on August 2015 and gained critical acclaim. The album peaked at number 16 on the Billboard 200. With the band recently wrapping up their nearly non-stop touring schedule in support of A/B over the past 2+ years, Julius Son has returned to the studio and is currently working on the much anticipated follow-up, due out in 2019.