Flyte

Flyte is the tender self-titled amalgamation of Will Taylor and Nick Hill’s decade writing music together, touring the globe, but always returning home to their loved ones. Where The Loved Ones left off – their critically acclaimed debut that captured tortured love through literary characters, to the brutal end of a relationship in 2021’s This Is Really Going To Hurt – Flyte portrays the messy days and evenings of a long-term relationship, growing up and the everyday responsibility of love and building a home, written across the living room at singer songwriter Billie Marten, Will partner. The 11-track album was recorded over 10 days at London’s Konk Studios with Andrew Sarlo (Big Thief, Bon Iver) and engineer Dom Monks, featuring Billie Marten on “Don’t Forget About Us” and Laura Marling on “Tough Love”. Having recently collaborated with Oscar and Bafta-nominated actor and fan Florence Pugh on a stripped-down live version of their BBC Radio 6 playlisted "Tough Love", which has obtained millions of views and widespread acclaim since its release, Will and Nick continually inspire musicianship on and off stage. Flyte have welcomed everyone from Bombay Bicycle Club, to Holly Humberstone, The Staves and Mystery Jets to perform alongside them, whilst the duo are regarded as one of the UK’s greatest lyrical talents, penning songs with artists including Sigrid, Madison Cunningham, Miya Folick, Courtney Marie Andrews and poet Simon Armitage. By necessity, Flyte is the most intimate record they’ve yet produced, but also the most optimistic. With a lilting and idyllic tone, whether picturing the group of starving, chain-smoking musicians sat out in the garden of Taylor’s former Clapton flat “worrying about how we’re going to pay rent” and bewailing the plight of the rising modern musician on ‘Amy’ “in transit, breaking up, while weathered old rock stars advertise fast cars”, or curled up tight on Nick Drake-style closer ‘Bedtime Reminder’, Flyte is a modern classic, that addresses the minutiae of relationships that punctuate our lives.