A memorable rock spirit enamors throughout They Promised Us There Would Be Flying Cars, the debut album from You Me & Kyle. The Columbus, OH-based duo comprises Henry Hutton (bass, guitars, backing vocals) and Tony Sharpe (lead vocals, guitars). They deliver a consistently infectious blend of hooky power-pop and rock throughout, balancing moody, bass-driven verses with anthemic, soaring choruses —whether through the vibrant urgency of “The Side of the Road,” the dreamy allure of “Flying Cars,” or the dynamic swells of “June 23” and “Through a Window.”
“The Side Of The Road” opens the album with a hooky rock vigor. “I’m just killing time, my friend, before time can kill me,” the vocals let out, arriving thereafter into the title-referencing central hook. “How did I get stuck here?” the vocals implore therein, channeling a fun and contagious power-pop and rock spirit. The ensuing “Flying Cars” is another replay-inducing success, particularly in its ruminating-on-dreams expanse. “Dreams are for me and you!” the anthemic vocals exude, excellent in a delivery that balances debonair intrigue and vibrant contagiousness.
The highlights continue consistently thereafter. “June 23” struts a more mysterious guitar jangling initially, then swelling into a delightfully twanging breeziness in its “gotta get back to you,” yearning; the band consistently enamor between realms of moody verses and brighter central hooks, apparent here and “Through a Window,” where the bass-heavy verses launch seamlessly into simmering guitar eruptions in the “through that window,” refrain. You Me & Kyle showcase a stellar, infectious range of rock-forward songwriting across They Promised Us There Would Be Flying Cars.
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“The Side Of The Road” and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
We discovered this release via MusoSoup.
