What a beautiful collection of songs! This is a great record for when you're just kicking back and relaxing. The depths of Kole's musical and compositional skills belie his relatively young age. I can't wait to hear him unleash the heavies on the Yang counterpart to this record!
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Great arrangement, stellar guitar, and you croon like a veteran singer.
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Great job Kole!  Just wanted to say that I really enjoyed Exile, and your playing and composing is very creative and well thought out.

Keep it up man!

Mike Philippov
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Exile is the debut album from 21 year old Kyle Hicks who lives in Los Angeles. This eclectic record features ten songs of which Kyle plays all or most of the instruments as well as providing the vocals. Musically, Kyle is way ahead of his chronological age, which is refreshing as we live in the days of American Idol. His approach to each song is different and is informed by classical, jazz, rock and acoustic styles of music. Kyle has stated that the common theme for this record is the Eastern idea of Yin, or all that is feminine. The overall feel of this album is light, but that doesn't keep blistering guitar solos from creeping in. This record is a major solor effort from someone who we'll hear a lot more from.
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