Kylie V - "Year of the Rabbit"
Photo by Cole Schmidt You're going to have a hard time finding a song as lovely as Kylie V's "Year of the Rabbit." The twenty year old Kylie Van Slyke has released a stripped down and laid bare new song that lands somewhere between indie rock, folk, and a singer-songwriter track. The song focuses on Van Slyke's vocals which are lovely even while strained with emotion at times. The song has some grounds in the modern alt-pop meets indie rock of Lucy Dacus and the 90's folk-inflected indie rock of Neutral Milk Hotel. Even with instrumentation that includes trumpet and a multi-person harmony, "Year of the Rabbit" always feels confessional and intimate. Kylie V says of her latest single: "'Year of the Rabbit' is a song I wrote while healing from a breakup and reflecting on my (incredible) friends/support system and my feelings after the fact. I was inspired a lot by Andy Shauf and Sufjan Stevens in the writing and production of this one and ...