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MP3: "Bombs Away" (right click to download)
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"A lesser artist could get weighed down by the broody lyrics covering unrequited love, insecurities and general ennui. But Andrews pulls it off by pairing his angst with bright electro-pop rhythms and irresistible hooks." NPR

Years ago, Kyle Andrews traded Chicago's bone-chilling winters for Nashville's constantly flowing spring of music... from the cluttered corners of his bedroom studio. Recently the indie-pop songwriter has enjoyed a recent abundance in attention, gaining new fans with his video for the jaunty "You Always Make Me Smile" which now has over 1 million YouTube views in just a few weeks of being up. With 120,000 water balloons (biodegradable) and 4000 participants, the video captures the world record (pending Guinness approval) for largest water balloon fight. In addition to catching eyes on the internet, Kyle's latest release KANGAROO has been catching ears on its own as well, with six songs of sunny, instantly hummable, addictive pop that's, frankly, hard not to like.

Aside from Andrews becoming a recent viral sensation, his head-turning song "Bombs Away" has also been featured on national television as part of a widespread ad campaign--and it's now available here as a free download.

"This is my best effort at putting out something happy," Kyle says of KANGAROO. "Truth is, I wrote most of these songs when I wasn't very happy at all. Most of them came as relief at the peak of frustration: Just after a moment when I felt totally beat, I would grab the guitar, switch on the drum machine and these songs would appear. They were all telling me something I needed to hear. 'Even if you fall down hard, I know you'll bounce right back' [a lyric from the title track] pretty much sums up the overall message."