Kypie

Kypie are a three-piece band, formed in 2003 by Chris Hallam and Michael Vella at a London school. After having survived the long distance relationship that was University and undergoing various changes of personnel, they spent a year in Manchester making up for lost time, before returning to London in 2008 where they met bassist Samuel Walker, completing the line-up that exists to this date. The band strive to use their minimal line-up to their advantage, giving each instrument the opportun...

Kypie are a three-piece band, formed in 2003 by Chris Hallam and Michael Vella at a London school. After having survived the long distance relationship that was University and undergoing various changes of personnel, they spent a year in Manchester making up for lost time, before returning to London in 2008 where they met bassist Samuel Walker, completing the line-up that exists to this date. The band strive to use their minimal line-up to their advantage, giving each instrument the opportunity to breath and make individual contributions to the band’s overall sound. Hallam (vox/guitar) has an innate ability to write catchy yet intricate songs, more than worthy of standing alone as acoustic tracks. His initial ideas are explored by the band and weaved into interesting structures, and the man himself replaces his acoustic for electric guitar and seemingly morphs from a soft-voiced singer songwriter into an adventurous progressive-indie front man. Walker (bass) is a guitarist by nature and this naturally translates to his bass lines which provide important melodic and energetic contributions to the songs, at times, almost taking a lead guitar-like role. Vella (drums) has beats that flow coherently with the other instruments yet have a voice of their own. He is given freedom to emerge to the forefront at times, adding an instrumental dimension to what the band do. Kypie currently finalised their new EP entitled, “Fold the Pink Lady”, released by the end of April 2011. New material is already completed and ready to be laid down for a follow up release.