Toronto’s KYLO is leaning into indie folk and singer-songwriter pop these days, with a little country twang along for the ride. “Maybe” follows “Nimble” and moves even further from her old electronic stuff. It’s the second single from her upcoming album The Space in Between.

The sound is pretty bare. A fingerpicked acoustic guitar carries most of it, with soft violins and a slow drum shuffle that never really pushes. There’s a bit of pedal steel in the background, and it’s what gives the song its country tint without making it a country song. Her voice sits right at the front, close and a little breathy, and you can hear the room around it.

“Maybe” concerns the exhausting business of bargaining with your own expectations. You love someone. You want more from them. So you start inventing circumstances under which they might finally give it to you. Once life settles down. Once the timing improves. Once some conveniently distant milestone arrives. “Maybe” can sound generous, even sensible. Here, it also becomes a way of postponing a decision.

There is something painfully familiar about offering somebody endless credit for the person they could become. You start doing their share of the emotional work: supplying explanations, extending deadlines, finding reasons to keep waiting. The song’s central predicament has that everyday awkwardness. Affection survives alongside the growing suspicion that you have built your hopes around a hypothetical partner. If you liked the warmer, more organic side of indie folk, this one’s worth a listen. It’s a good teaser for the album.