Review Fix chats with Kyle T. Hurley, who discusses his newest album, KTH 3:16 and so much more.
About Kyle T. Hurley:
American-born Kyle T Hurley, a country, blues and rock singer-songwriter, who has been hard at work across the pond in London, crafting his upcoming album KTH 3:16 expected to drop later this year. With the support of Spiritual Records, the album is introduced by the new single “Ode to the Irish John” out April 10 2026. Led by Rafael Pesce, Spiritual helped to define and polish Hurley’s sound and craft. They own a venue in London’s Camden Town where Hurley and other like-minded artists perform every night. Jack Trouble, Spiritual’s in-house producer and an artist in his own right, produced and recorded Hurley’s album in their very own studio. Hurley also enlisted six time Grammy nominated music video and critically acclaimed film director Tony Kaye (American History X, “Runaway Train” by Soul Asylum, “Dani California” by Red Hot Chili Peppers, “What God Wants” by Roger Waters, and “Help Me” and “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” by Johnny Cash) to design the single and album artwork.
Review Fix: You’re an American in London? How does that affect you musically?
Kyle T. Hurley: Being in London is really good for originality and writing new music. You’re closer to the roots of a lot of music as a lot of the old Celtic and folk music came from here before it went to the US so you really get to hear things at a real basic level and focus on the actual craft of writing a song at a real granular level.
Review Fix: How did it play a role in “Ode to the Irish John”?
Hurley: For Ode to Irish John a good example of the influence of London is I would say, first of all, the crafting of the song. It’s got some different ideas in it like the spoken word part of the song and I’m not sure if I ever really would’ve been open-minded to receiving that idea. Also it would be so easy to just do some big guitar solo bits throughout the entire song but instead we focused on a violin part which shows the influence of the Celtic feel in London.
Review Fix: How did the track come together?
Hurley: This track came together over a number of years. I would say I had the idea for the song and I had a little riff to go with the idea of the song and then that the idea of the giver from Lois Lowry‘s book always stuck with me since I was a kid. So I wanted to incorporate that into this song because it’s really about a mentor type figure that anyone can relate to who gives their experience in their memories. Then I started working on the song and started receiving different ideas to open the song up and it just got done
Review Fix: What are your goals for this track?
Hurley: My goals for this track are to get it out there and get people listening to it and get people thinking about what it means to them. Who is Irish John? Who is the giver? I want people to interpret what the lyrics mean and hopefully having people just rock out to the song
Review Fix: What does Jack Trouble add to this experience?
Hurley: Jack was instrumental I bringing this track together. He helped to unpack some of the more primitive ideas that I brought in for it. He heard different things based on the very simple melodies and chords that I brought in and he really helped to unpack the song in ways that I wouldn’t have been able to do.
Review Fix: What about Tony Kaye? How special was it to work with him?
Hurley: It’s really special to work with Tony. He’s a real visionary and a giver in essence. I try to be as open minded as possible with his ideas and really just let him do what he wants to do based on the track. I give a few inputs for what the track is about but it’s up to him to do whatever he wants. He’s doing the artwork for the entire album so as this is the first single we grow together as the vision grows- similar to what Radiohead would do with their artwork.
Review Fix: How would you describe your tunes to someone who has never heard them?
Hurley: I’d say my songs are meant to get people thinking about what they’re about and how it relates to them. I want to get people to think about what their meaning is for the song rather than what the song is about for me- a lot of times I don’t even know what the song is about. It’s just meant to unpack someone’s mind and then beyond that I would say that I want people to rock out to my songs
Review Fix: What’s next?
Hurley: Next is a ton of gigs that we have coming up in the UK and also we have about three more singles to release over the next couple of months. Then the album is released at the end of the summer so really looking forward to that
Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?
Hurley: I’d say just excited for the single to come out. And also for new material that me and the band are already working on
Review Fix: Where can people find out more?
Hurley: People can find out more through spiritual records which is on Instagram and the handle spiritual records and also the website as well spiritualrecords.com
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