born of damp earth. raised by the sun committed to the sea. carried by the sound Taller Younger Brother is an americana garage-rock band out of Oakland, CA. At it's core is singer-songwriter Kyle Glenn. Filling out the sound are collaborators Steven Sarmiento, Riki Newton, and Connor Bennette. Kyle started TYB as a solo endeavor as he prepared to leave Oakland for an undetermined amount of time to explore the United States. After two months, 15 states, numerous growth opportunities, and with a handful of new songs, Kyle returned to the Bay Area to continue to grow his community, and dive deeper into his music. He quickly reconnected with his old bandmate and engineer, Steve, and through a few happy accidents and dinner parties pulled Riki and Connor into the mix. TYB serves up crunchy indie rock, that was born of classic rock, raised by the diy sounds of the Pacific Northwest, and tempered in the echoes of punk, metal and emo. Connection, collaboration and community are the central tenants to TYB, and the band strives to bring all three of them, gale-force, where ever they go. TYB is currently playing shows throughout Northern California and preparing to record another EP in fall 2017.
In observance of National Suicide Prevention Week we are honored to share an acoustic version of our song Gale we recorded at the wonderful Avo's Acres. We will be donating all proceeds from the sale of the track to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Buy the track here: http://bit.ly/GaleAvosAcre
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
June 9th The Damp Earth Tour lands in Vancouver, Wa, just over the river from PDX. We’ll be playing a special two hour set all by ourselves, so come hang out, drink good beer, and enjoy some old versions of new tunes and new versions of old tunes! More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1524730120893824/
Damp Earth Tour is less than a month away! We're kicking it off in KG's hometown of Portland, Or with our friends @andandandmusic-blog and lonesome radio heart! We'll be setting it off June 8th at Kenton Club Some of KG's fondest (and haziest) live music memories happened here. Particularly involving @jaredmeesandthegrownchildren, @yeahgreatfine-blog-blog and some sketchy shoulder rides 💥
First five original postcards to our newsletter subscribers hit the post today! Want one of your own? Drop your email and snail mail addy here: http://eepurl.com/cysyk9 11 postcards left, photos and words by Kyle Glenn
A few months ago I had the opportunity to play at the Red Victorian in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. I was stoked to join the countless troubadours that have shared their stories and songs on Haight. Here I perform the song “Again” off our upcoming EP.
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Awesome live video of our first full band show! Thanks to Riki, Connor and Steve for joining me up there! Here we are playing “This Summer” @ Music City SF. Enjoy!
In April & May 2016 I will be hitting the road to explore the southern half of the US. I have many goals for this trip, one of which being to play as many shows as possible as Taller Younger Brother
I'll play cafes, house shows, venues, bars, I'll open, I'll close, I'll wash the dishes! Let's do this thing! If you know of anyone/anyplace booking, please let me know, or let them know you have the perfect musical fit for their knitting night, or their party, or to stand in a dark corner and drone about the futility of existence while they play D & D!
Check out http://talleryoungerbrother.com for more info. Email me at [email protected] and follow me on the gram @talleryoungerbrother
Love,
TYB
Producer and Engineer @steve_sarmiento getting ready for our Valentine's Day morning sesh last weekend. This man is tireless when it come to crafting music, couldn't have asked for a better partner in crime for the EP.
