Kodaclips are back with ‘Pirouette,’ their second single of 2026, and it lands like something that’s been quietly forming for a while.

It circles a pretty specific feeling. Not the aftermath of losing someone, but the strange stretch that comes later, when memory starts to slip a bit. You don’t remember things cleanly anymore. You’re not even sure what you’re missing. The person, or who you were back then. That uncertainty sits right at the center of the track. The song opens in a stripped-down way, almost hesitant. Linda Capuano’s vocal feels close, but not overly expressive. Then the arrangement starts to widen. Guitars come in, the rhythm section pushes forward, and the whole thing lifts without ever fully locking into one direction. The reference points are there if you want them. Slowdive in the sense of space, Lush in the melodic undercurrent, a bit of Nothing when the guitars thicken up. But ‘Pirouette’ doesn’t feel pinned to any of that. It’s looser, a little less concerned with sounding “right,” which ends up working in its favor. Andrea Volpato’s mix lets the layers breathe, and Manuel Volpe’s mastering gives it weight without compressing everything into the same plane. It still feels like a band figuring things out in real time, which suits the song.

The video leans into the same mood. Shot in a rehearsal space, with colors that shift and blur into each other, it cuts in fragments of old ballet footage that’s been processed just enough to feel slightly unreal. The movement lines up with the music, but not perfectly. There’s a small delay, a kind of visual echo, that mirrors what the track is doing.

Kodaclips have been moving in this direction for a bit now. From local shows to opening for A Place to Bury Strangers, then sharing a stage with Slowdive, they’ve had the volume and the atmosphere locked in. What’s different here is the restraint. The new lineup, especially with Capuano, leans more into space and less into impact.

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