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Flyte
Background information
Origin	London
Genres	Alternative folk
Years active	2013–present
Labels	Island Records
Members	Will Taylor Nicolas Hill
Past members	Jon Supran Sam Berridge
Website	flytetheband.com

Flyte are recording artists from London, England, known for their crafted and often confessional songwriting style.^[1][2][3]

After extensive touring of Europe and North America, Flyte teamed back up with Andrew Sarlo at London's Konk (recording studio), to record their paired back, self titled third record, inspired by Taylor's relationship with partner and artist Billie Marten. It featured artists such as Laura Marling, Bombay Bicycle Club and Madison Cunningham.^[4]

Taylor and Hill first met at a city run, youth theatre company ages 10 and 13. Taylor's parents were both English teachers. Various formations of the band with Jon Supran occurred throughout their teenage years. Berridge was the final member to join; the rest of the band first heard Berridge singing in the London Underground. After a video of Taylor and Berridge covering Joni Mitchell's "River" went viral, the band signed a record deal with Island Records.^{[citation needed]}

Flyte's first single "We Are the Rain" was released on Transgressive Records on 28 April 2014.^[5] The single and B-side "Where Nobody Knows Your Name" were mixed and produced by Dan Grech-Marguerat and released digitally along with a limited run of 7-inch vinyl. The video for "We Are the Rain" was premiered by Michael Cragg on The Guardian's music blog. The single received support from Radio 1, XFM, BBC 6Music, BBC London, and Amazing Radio. It was announced in 2013 that the band had been signed by Island Records^[6]

The second single from Light Me Up was released on Turned Out Nice / Island Records on 17 November 2014.^[7] The single was recorded by Hugh Fielding at the band's own recording facility within Goldmine Studios in Bethnal Green and mixed by Mike Crossey.

The band released two further singles on Island Records: "Closer Together"^[8] and "Please Eloise".^[9] "Closer Together" was remixed by Bombay Bicycle Club singer Jack Steadman.^[10]

In 2017, Flyte flew to Australia to work with Courtney Barnett's producer Burke Reid on their debut album.^[11] Focusing on their live performances and the band's four voices around one microphone, they took their production cues from David Bowie, Nick Drake, The Beatles and Lou Reed. The album The Loved Ones was released on 25 August 2017 to widespread critical acclaim.

After the departure Keyboardist and singer Sam Berridge, Flyte became more collaborative, Jess Stavely-Taylor briefly joined the live line up with her band The Staves contributing vocals to Flyte's White Roses EP

This Is Really Going To Hurt is Flyte's second studio album for Island Records. Production for the record began in England with Burke Reid but was finished in Los Angeles in early 2020 with various producers Justin Raisen Andrew Sarlo and Ali Chant. The record was mixed by Andrew Sarlo.^[12]

Flyte's third studio album was recorded over ten days at Konk Studios in North London. It was produced by Andrew Sarlo and Recorded by Dom Monks.

The album was inspired by Taylor's relationship with singer Billie Marten.^[13] Musical collaborations include duet with Laura Marling on Tough Love, with Florence Pugh performing the live version [1]

A Live at RAK Studios of the song Perfect Dark was recorded with Californian artist and collaborator Madison Cunningham and produced by Ethan Johns