Kye Kye

Kye Kye
Origin Portland, Oregon, U.S.[1]
Genres Electropop,[1][2] indietronica[2]
Years active 2010 (2010)–present[3]
Labels Valga
Website kyekyemusic.com
Members
  • Olga Yagolnikov Phelan
  • Timothy Yagolnikov

Kye Kye (stylized KYE KYE) is an American indietronica band from Portland, Oregon that formed in 2010.[1][2][3] The band is made up of the Estonian-born Yagolnikov siblings Olga and Timothy.[4] They released their first studio album in 2011 entitled Young Love that was released independently by the band.[3] The band got more success commercially and critically out of their second LP entitled Fantasize that released in early 2014 by Valga Records, which is an independent record label.[5]

Background

The band started in 2010, and its members the three Estonian-born Yagolnikov siblings Olga on lead vocals and guitar, Alex on keyboards and Timothy on programming, keyboards and guitar, and Olga's husband Thomas Phelan on the drums.[4][6]

The band are self professed Christians, but they do not consider their music to be "Christian music".[1]

Band history

In 2011, the band released their first album, Young Love, independently.[3] In 2014, they released Fantasize with independent record label Valga Records.[2]

Fantasize

They released their second studio album entitled Fantasize on January 21, 2014.[2] For the Billboard charting week of February 8, 2014, the album charted at Nos. 7 and 50 on the Top Heatseekers Albums and Independent Albums charts.[5] The album was met with positive reviews from CCM Magazine,[7] Knoxville News Sentinel,[6] and Indie Vision Music.[2]

Members

Current members[4][6]
Former members[4][6]

Discography

Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions[5]
US
HEAT		 US
INDIE
Young Love – –
Fantasize 7[8] 50[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Frochtzwajg, Jonathan (January 22, 2014). "Do Portland-area electro-pop act Kye Kye a favor: Never call them a Christian band". The Oregonian. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Zandi, Ian (April 1, 2014). "Kye Kye – Fantasize | Reviews". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Kye Kye (2010). "Kye Kye - About". Facebook. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Collar, Matt. "Kye Kye | Biography". AllMusic. Rovi. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 AllMusic. "Kye Kye | Awards". Rovi. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Campbell, Chuck (January 14, 2014). "'Tuned In' review: Kye Kye's fantasy proves quite dreamy". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  7. ↑ Conner, Matt (June 1, 2014). "Kye Kye: Fantasize (Valga)" (PDF). CCM Magazine. Salem Publishing. p. 37. ISSN 1524-7848. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  8. ↑ Billboard (February 8, 2014). "Heatseekers Albums : February 8, 2014". Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  9. ↑ Billboard.biz (February 8, 2014). "Independent Albums : February 8, 2014". Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
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