FLYTE Releases New Album 'This Is Really Going To Hurt' & Shares "Everyone's A Winner"

Flyte RELEASE SECOND ALBUM THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HURT OUT NOW ON ISLAND RECORDS https://flyte.lnk.to/ThisIsReallyGoingToHurt SHARE VIDEO FOR “EVERYONE’S A WINNER” UK FESTIVAL APPEARANCES + UK TOUR ANNOUNCED

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Pain is often the greatest source of inspiration, and Flyte have crafted their best piece of work through knowing that love always hurts. Today the London based three-piece release their highly anticipated second album This Is Really Going To Hurt, out now on Island Records. In its honesty and soul-saving beauty, This Is Really Going To Hurt is an album that at once feels timeless, like a well thumbed record dusted down off a shelf, but with a rawness and a voice that feels urgently contemporary. The 10-tracks were turned into living breathing songs in LA with producers Justin Raisen (Angel Olsen), Andrew Sarlo (Big Thief, Bon Iver) and mixing engineer Ali Chant (Aldous Harding), after lead singer Will Taylor found himself on the brink of a precipice when his eight-year relationship disintegrated. He recorded a 20-minute voice note warning himself to “buckle up and get ready for a really shit time.” It proved to be prescient, and lay the foundations for what to become a body of work steeped in heartbreak and deep emotion, but never self-pitying - if there’s ever a finger pointed in a lyric, it’s at the person singing it [Will]. Listen to This Is Really Going To Hurt.   “All the decisions we took were based around the fact that it's a very, very personal record. It's about the end of a relationship and everything should be reflected in the emotion. The emotion dictates everything,” says Will.  "sounds like a classic folk song that has been with you all of your life."  We All Want Someone to Shout For "(Losing You’s) lyrics match the video’s nostalgic, heartbreaking appeal."  Flood  "excitable, catchy rock music with contemplative, nuanced lyricism...it stands alone as maybe the strongest single they've put out for the record thus far." The Wild Honey Pie "It’s hard to think of many other contemporary albums that are quite so beautifully arranged as this. This is a very special album indeed"5* - Independent “Nick Drake’s plangent, the Kinks’ music hall stomp, the Byrds’ laid-back harmoniousness - 4*The Times  “Breaking your heart one harmony at a time"- 4* DORK  "Heartbreak therapy"  - 8/10 Line of Best Fit  “Offers yet more proof that they remain one of the country’s most underrated groups” - Clash  “Complex and fragile” - MOJO “Beautifully evokes the emptiness of post-breakup existence” - Uncut   "The vocals and strings on this indie-folk are hair-raisingly beautiful."   A Journal Of Musical Things  "A woozy, moody exhale, ‘Easy Tiger’ is an ideal turbulent indulgence to soundtrack our moments of doubt and trouble." Atwood "'Easy Tiger' is an emotional whirlwind in all the best ways." DuJour "An anthem" Aupium on “Easy Tiger”

Flyte also share the self-directed video for new single “Everyone’s A Winner,” creating a collage of the past year in lockdown to depict a song which includes the band’s favorite lyric on the whole record, “The friends who must choose, which one of us they wish to lose”. Drawing pen portraits of love lost and love gained through their lyrics, Flyte have garnered a reputation for extraordinary three part harmonies, performed in off-kilter spaces across the globe and amassing hundreds of thousands of views. Whether it’s the stunning "Never Get To Heaven", or "Under The Skin", it’s no surprise that the likes of Florence Pugh, Bon Iver, Paul Mescal and Lewis Capaldi are fans, whose stripped back arrangements are as remarkable as their headline shows. Watch “Everyone’s A Winner” here:

Creating intimate musical moments during lockdown, Flyte announced they’d be playing ‘Doorstep shows’ to unsuspecting fans and have documented their journey on Instagram. You can watch here. Ardent film fans, throughout lockdown the trio also collaborated with Bafta winning director Mark Jenkins (Bait) on the visuals for "Easy Tiger" and "Losing You". With lockdown their limitation, the band worked with Mark on finding archive footage which would tell the story of both tracks, and interweave romantic heartbreak into the narrative.  The three secondary school friends Will Taylor, Jon Supran and Nick Hill, are renowned for their complex and rich vocal arrangements and melodies, with lyrics steeped in literary imagery; The Sunday Times calling their acclaimed debut record The Loved Ones “The Best British debut album of the year,” but it was touring in California that recently took hold of their imagination. Inspired by their time in Laurel Canyon, the band recorded their next full-length record in LA, a much-needed new environment to confront the personally challenging subject matter written back home in London, and an opportunity to work with some of their musical heroes.

This Is Really Going To Hurt Tracklisting 1. Easy Tiger 2. Losing You 3. I’ve Got A Girl 4. Under The Skin 5. Everyone’s A Winner 6. Trying to Break Your Heart 7. Love is An Accident 8. There’s a Woman  9. Mistress America 10. Never Get To Heaven

UK Tour dates 30 August All Points East London 06 September The Wardrobe Leeds 07 September Tunbridge Wells Forum Tunbridge Wells 08 September Engine Rooms Southampton 09 September Thekler Bristol  11 September The Phoenix Exeter  12 September The Globe Cardiff 14 September Bullingdon Oxford 15 September O2 Institute2 Birmingham  16 September Arts Club Liverpool 18 September Academy 2 Manchester 19 September Oran Mor Glasgow 20 September The Caves Edinburgh  21 September Riverside Newcastle 24 September Rescue Rooms Nottingham 26 September Patterns Brighton 27 September Arts Centre Norwich 28 September O2 Shepherds Bush Empire London 30 September Junction 2 Cambridge

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