Kyle Andrews is an American
indie rock songwriter and performer born in
Chicago and based in
Nashville, Tennessee.
Career
Andrews has released albums on Portland's Badman Recording Co. as well as his own Elephant Lady Records imprint. His 2010 song "You Always Make Me Smile" (co-written with friend Neil Mason) was featured in a worldwide
Holiday Inn ad. The music video for the song was filmed in
Utah during an attempt to break the
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for the largest water balloon fight and went
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His interactive video for "Sushi" (directed by Dennis Liu) was made from 1.4 million tiles, and thousands of unique
YouTube video stills. In 2010 it was shortlisted for the
Guggenheim's YouTube Play Exhibit.
His music has been used in other TV shows and commercials, including a worldwide television ad for
Dell
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("We Were Colors") and a national television ad for
Doritos ("Bombs Away"). "You Always Make Me Smile" also appeared in an episode of
ABC's Grey's Anatomy.
Although Kyle performs as a first-name/last-name artist, and self-recorded the majority of his discography, he plays live with a full band.
Andrews' fifth album, ''
Robot Learn Love'', was released August 16, 2011.
Discography
*2006 – ''Amos In Ohio''
*2007 – ''Find Love, Let Go''
*2008 – ''Real Blasty''
*2010 – ''Kangaroo EP''
*2010 – ''Bombs Away / We Were Colors'' ''(digital-only single)''
*2011 – ''
Robot Learn Love''
*2013 – ''Brighter Than The Sun''
*2016 – ''Escape''
*2018 – ''Big Hearts Exploding''
References
External links
Official SiteKyle Andrews on Bandcamp
* AMG Allmusic page
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1982 births
Songwriters from Illinois
Living people
Singers from Chicago
21st-century American singers
21st-century American male singers
American male songwriters