KYLIE V – “CRASH TEST PLANE”
A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE
Today, Kylie V releases “Crash Test Plane”. Van Slyke leans further into their country influences on “Crash Test Plane,” a song that embodies the album’s themes of “putting all of your energy and effort into something and then watching it explode in front of you and then realizing it’s actually totally fine because you didn’t die” in its lyrics as well as its development: Nearly scrapped, the song went through seven iterations before taking on its final shape.
Crash Test Plane is the sophomore album from Vancouver-based indie singer/songwriter Kylie V, and their first with storied Toronto label Royal Mountain Records. Crash Test Plane plays like flipping through their diary—an earnest, introspective, honest record full of yearning, poetic emotion, and life lessons. Kylie’s strong vocals, pitch-perfect and haunting, float over intricately assembled instrumentals produced by Josh Eastman on this heart-wrenching addition to the Canadian indie canon. They naturally and seamlessly blend tender indie folk with bright bubblegrunge and twinges of alt-country, vividly illustrating the complexities of life, love, loss, and ennui in ways that are both uniquely personal and universally resonant.
SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: KYLIE V – CRASH TEST PLANE
Kylie V
Crash Test Plane
(Royal Mountain Records)
Release Date: November 15, 2024
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Photo Credits: Cole Schmidt
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