On Crash Test Plane, Kylie V is finding the words [Video]

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When Kylie V sings, “I want to build this from the ground up” on “Anomaly”, they’re talking about the now-over relationship that defines much of their sophomore record, Crash Test Plane. But they might as well be singing about the album itself.

“Guitar music is a little timeless,” says the 20-year-old Surrey-raised musician born Kylie Van Slyke. “If you have the heart and soul and spirit behind it, four chords and a very simple drum beat is truly all you need.”

Despite their prodigious age, Van Slyke has been a mainstay of the Vancouver music scene for half a decade already. They started taking music seriously at 14—cutting their teeth playing live, putting out EP Lotus Eater in 2018, and following up with their debut full-length Big Blue in 2021.

In the three years since, the musician has done a …