Coyle Girelli
“It’s about fun; it’s about the moment,” said Coyle Girelli of his sophomore solo album, Funland. “An escape into a night of debauchery, lust, or whatever you want to find in the night.” Released on February 25, Funland follows the multi-instrumentalist English songwriter’s 2018 debut, Love Kills, which Atwood Magazine dubbed “A beautifully dark masterpiece.” This new, self-produced collection finds Girelli emerging from that daydream of a record into the isolating reality of the early pandemic. Girelli’s songwriting and supple vocals propelled his alternative rock band Your Vegas, and its later incarnation The Chevin, to major record deals first in the UK then in then in the US and onto extensive tours with the likes of Duran Duran and Franz Ferdinand. After a stunning performance with The Chevin on The Late Show, host David Letterman exclaimed, “If I had a voice like that, I’d run for President!”
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