5LOKO is a four-piece alt pop band based in South Florida consisting of members Raf, Tyriq, Este, and Jesus.
They broke into the ether of “indie” music in October 2020 with their debut EP “2009”, with the project and
subsequent singles garnering them an initial wave of hundreds of fans. In July 2023, 5LOKO released their
debut album “New Beatles”: a ten-track collection of standalone songs that serve as pop-packaged portals
into sonically-varied worlds of emotions, feelings, and memories. On January 1st, 2025, the band returned
with “i love how it sounds (as the sun sets)”, a 30-track meeting point from four artistic minds, existing
outside the 21st century madness. Since releasing ILHIS, they have taken their music to sold-out underground
shows and a premiere performance at Gainesville’s BIG Festival, alongside The Alchemist, MIKE, Pink Siifu,
and many more.
5LOKO’s music is future-minded — fusing both singing and rapping as coexisting non-genred means of expression,
and using familiar sounds/feelings to pull listeners into an unfamiliar version of our current reality, one
where summer is never-ending yet melancholic, and where it’s okay to dance, sing, cry, and laugh all at the
same time.