Vonnie Kyle ALBUM RELEASE SHOW

PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination (or negative rapid COVID test), to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine Vonnie Kyle’s latest album, Imperfect Parts, documents a transformative three-year journey during which the Portland, Oregon-based artist made some painfully complex decisions, and bravely emerged to embrace self-love and true romantic love. The 10-song album is a thrilling mix of vulnerable self-disclosure and visceral, hook-laden alt-rock. Kyle’s forthcoming, genre hybrid of a record boasts a program of diverse songs that sound cohesive because of the well-defined artistic identity of its creator. Her prismatic musicality is influenced by Sleater-Kinney, Jenny Lewis, and St. Vincent—artists whose hooks are as distinct and strong as their musical identities. In addition, Kyle’s personal and artistic outlook has been shaped by the places she’s lived. She was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and spent a formative time as an adult in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Since 2013, Kyle has released three EPs and emerged a successful touring artist who began making a name for herself playing DIY and taproom gigs, and selling burned CDs out of a suitcase. During her time living in Santa Fe, she released an EP under the pseudonym Ten Ten Division. Prior to her solo career, Kyle performed in the Minneapolis band Skittish and was featured on their 2010 double-record release. Imperfect Parts was written while Kyle was retreating from the music career grind, and reassessing her path in life. Kyle and her fiancé, at time, decided on a clean-slate beginning in Santa Fe. However, their marriage was short lived, and with that rupture came some serious soul searching. Thematically, Imperfect Parts spans the unraveling of that relationship, the self-questioning that came in the wake of the divorce, and, ultimately, the healing that has brought Kyle back to centered and joyful living. The 10-song collection traverses sassy pop-rock, folk-rock, and artful balladry, among other satisfying surprises. Kyle, the executive producer of the record, teamed up with Portland-based engineer/producer David Badstubner to record Imperfect Parts in a variety of locations, including Long Play Recording in Portland, a mobile home, and a converted garage. Notable Twin Cities musicians Jillian Rae and Eric Martin performed on and also provided significant tracking and production for the record, at their home in Minneapolis. Kyle also credits Rae and Martin with inspiring her to reimagine her solo acoustic song set of Imperfect Parts as a pop-rock album, after playing a number of shows together on a midwestern tour.