Kylee Phillips – Album Release w/ Lauren Blackford
Friday, Oct. 09 | 8:00pm ET (7:00pm CT)
The Winners from the past two years of The Acorn's Singer-Songwriter Competition will both take the stage at The Acorn this October!
Michigan native singer/songwriter Kylee Phillips is releasing her first full length album – Before I Am Invisible – an ambitious collection of sensual, articulate, and unpretentiously therapeutic pop anthems. This long-awaited, expertly percolated record couldn’t be more timely, giving voice to the memories, desires, rages, joys, and insights of a deeply grounded woman who has found the one place she won’t be talked over.
Phillips will be celebrating her album release with a full band release show, bringing her songs to their intended sonic depth with dense guitar, drum, and synth arrangements. Fans of her beloved, vulnerable listening room performances will finally get a taste of Phillips at her full potential, full power and full volume.
Kylee's first single "What Living's Like" from the upcoming album 'Before I Am Invisible'
About the Artists:
2025 Winner of The Acorn Singer-Songwriter Competition, Kylee Phillips is a Michigan-native vocalist and songwriter of deeply self-exposing pop music. Armed with an arresting, emotive, laser-focused voice, and an unrivaled ear for hooks and melodic contour, Phillips has garnered cult-like acclaim in the midwest and beyond since her explosive debut EP Long Time Coming. The title is strangely apt, as Phillips was a beloved hidden gem in the Detroit scene for over a decade before materializing as a fresh face and urgent new presence in the indie/pop world.
Lauren Blackford
Drawing comparisons to Fiona Apple, Billie Eilish, and Joni Mitchell, Lauren's emotion-driven melodies underline refreshingly self-aware lyrics, leaving listeners equally comforted and cracked open. Jeff Milo of WDET describes her debut project as an "effervescent blend of pop and indie-rock ballads (that) bounce from pared-back acoustic strums to glitzy electronic flourishes, all while bolstering dulcet vocals that soar into punchy choruses threaded with sweet melodies sure to get stuck in your head for weeks." Crowds everywhere agree: Lauren Blackford is an up-and-comer to be reckoned with.
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