Kyle Mooney, the previous SNL forged member and newer Y2K director, has at all times been a music man — simply click on round our tag archive for proof. As of at the moment, he’s formally a recording artist too. Beneath the title Kyle M, Mooney has surprise-released his debut album The Actual Me by way of the underground-rap-centric Stones Throw label.
Regardless of that affiliation, The Actual Me is just not a Lonely Island-type rap parody. The irony at work right here is far drier and a number of other echelons extra intense. The album is a bunch of lo-fi style workouts wherein Mooney delivers his knowingly goofy lyrics in a kind of atonal talk-singing. “Child On The Vary” is a depressive nation ballad, “Digital Society” is electro-pop, “Blue Automobile” is Seashore Boys-y surf rock, “Gwendolyn Bartley” is a parodic rewrite of “Eleanor Rigby,” and so forth. It sounds pointedly amateurish in a manner that’s extra charming than irritating (however is unquestionably slightly bit irritating).
A press launch payments The Actual Me as Mooney’s pivot right into a music profession, leaving appearing behind perpetually. There’s additionally a three-minute mini-doc wherein Mooney visits his childhood house and explains that music was his first real love. “I don’t wish to be a clown anymore,” he laments. He additionally assures us, “I promise, there’s nothing comedic in regards to the Kyle M mission.” It’s certainly not humorous!
You possibly can hear the album and watch the mini-doc beneath.
The Actual Me is out now on Stones Throw. The primary 100 vinyl orders include a signed 8×10 photograph.