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Tyler Lyle

Lyle in 2022

Tyler Lyle
Lyle performing live with The Midnight in 2022
Background information
Birth name	Jamison Tyler Lyle
Born	(1985-12-01) December 1, 1985 Carrollton, Georgia, U.S.
Genres	Folk Americana World Country
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter record producer
Instrument(s)	Vocals guitar
Years active	2007–present
Member of	The Midnight Smith, Lyle, and Moore
Website	tylerlyle.com

Jamison Tyler Lyle (born December 1, 1985) is an American musician who is the primary guitarist, vocalist, and lyricist for The Midnight.

Born and raised in rural Georgia, Lyle began his career in music as a young adult and became regionally known after winning a songwriting contest in 2010. This led to the self-release of his debut album, gaining him national exposure, and he also began writing for other artists.

Lyle moved to Los Angeles in 2011, and in 2012 his A&R representative arranged for him to meet Danish producer Tim McEwan for a songwriting session. The two had an instant connection and began making music. Lyle and McEwan became a duo known as The Midnight and self-released their first extended play (EP) in 2014 and have continuously released new music since.

Outside of The Midnight, Lyle continues to release solo work and regularly tours around the United States. In 2016, he began a semi-regular podcast titled From The Secret Lair that includes music and self-commentary. He is married and has one child.

Early life

Lyle was born and raised in Carrollton, Georgia, the son of Mark and Deborah Lyle. His father is also a musician and is the house-guitarist for the George Britt Band, who plays at the Lowell Opry House in Carrollton.

Lyle was frequently around music growing up, being exposed to the musical genres of Country, Gospel, Bluegrass, and Classic rock. His dad was the music minister at the family's church, and he grew up singing in the choir. After initially having no interest in a music career as a child, Lyle began playing the guitar in high school, learning tabs from his father and online.

Lyle attended college at Asbury University in Kentucky for one year before transferring to Georgia State University, earning a degree in philosophy in 2008. After college, he used some money from a student loan to move to Prague and got certified to teach English as a foreign language. He then relocated to Paris and began attending Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University to satisfy the requirements for his student visa. When he wasn't working as a teacher or taking classes, Lyle performed at various bars and pubs around the city and began writing more music. He later returned to Georgia in 2009 to begin a music career. To support himself, he worked a variety of odd jobs including roofing, landscaping, food delivery, and advertising.

Early career

Lyle performing at home in 2010

Working as a folk singer-songwriter since the age of 21, Lyle self-released his first record in 2007 and later released an EP in 2009. He gained larger exposure in the summer of 2010 when he won the Open Mic Shootout at the music club Eddie's Attic in Decatur, Georgia, taking home a cash prize of $1000. Previous winners of the contest include John Mayer, Clay Cook, and Jennifer Nettles. Lyle performed four original songs at the event: Closer to Me, Pretty Lady, Nashville, and The Secret. The prize money helped Lyle fund and self-release his debut album The Golden Age & The Silver Girl the following year in July. The entire album was recorded in just one day and it was later recognized by NPR World Café as one of the top albums of 2011.

Right after he finished making his debut album, Lyle moved to California to be closer to a new manager he had started working with, and he later signed a publishing deal with Pulse Recordings. He lived in an old house in Laurel Canyon that once belonged to Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie before moving to an apartment by the beach in Santa Monica with a roommate from college. Lyle continued self-releasing music throughout 2012 and 2013, and in 2013 he was the recipient of the Harald Adamson Lyric Award for pop music from the ASCAP Foundation. During this time, he continued making occasional appearances at Eddie's Attic and toured throughout the country with other musicians, additionally playing shows at several music festivals including SXSW, Noise Pop, and MusicfestNW.

Lyle has said that his musical influences include Paul Simon, Garth Brooks, and his father Mark.

The Midnight

Lyle performing live with The Midnight

In 2012, Lyle met Tim McEwan at a songwriter’s workshop in North Hollywood arranged by his A&R representative Katie Donovan. Bonding over a mutual love of 80's rock, they began writing songs together and at McEwan’s suggestion based their sound on 80’s synth. The first song they wrote was WeMoveForward, and their first release as a duo under The Midnight moniker came in July 2014 with the extended play Days of Thunder. Lyle serves as the band's primary vocalist and guitarist is credited with writing the majority of the band’s lyrics. He has been the main vocalist in every The Midnight song containing vocals except for Synthetic and Comet, which were sung by McEwan. Many of The Midnight's songs have their roots in songs originally written and released by Lyle on one of his albums or his podcast, From The Secret Lair.

Regarding his approach to writing for The Midnight, Lyle has said:

I write The Midnight lyrically (mostly) as the fantasy that I never experienced. I lean a bit utopian sometimes and let the images get grander than I experienced. I was on the debate team. I had a lisp. I was really into Syphon Filter. The fun is in the make believe.

I write everyday. Some of it goes in The Midnight folder. Some of it goes off into far far away places. It works best when Tim has a cool musical skeleton and I have a cool lyrical skeleton we can smush together and build together.

Other work

Lyle performing at a solo show

Outside of The Midnight, Lyle continues to record and tour as a solo artist. Most recently, he embarked on a four show tour in the US in 2022 and his latest album, The Transcendentalists Part One, was released in June 2023. Not long after his move to Los Angeles, Lyle formed with Andrew Smith and Jack Moore the group Smith, Lyle, and Moore, whose first EP was released in August 2020. In 2012, he co-wrote two songs for Court Yard Hounds that appeared on their album Amelita. His songs have been heard on the US television shows Hart of Dixie, Private Practice, and Gossip Girl.

In January 2016, he began a monthly podcast titled From The Secret Lair. Each episode generally consists of around three to six songs accompanied with commentary by Lyle. The discussions touch on several topics, including his methods as a musician, sources of inspiration, philosophy, literature, and his southern upbringing. The first season featured 23 episodes that were recorded from his apartment in Brooklyn, New York. The second season began in November 2020 and ran for eight episodes, with production moved to his home studio in Atlanta, Georgia. The third season began in April 2023 and had nine episodes.

Personal life

Outside of music, Lyle's interests include books, Tarot card reading, philosophy, and bourbon/whiskey. In September 2014, he married Anna Jimenez. Jimenez contributed backing vocals to The Midnight's song Los Angeles. Previously residing in Southern California and New York City, the Lyles now live in Atlanta, Georgia with their son, Beau.

References

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External links

• Official website
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Bandcamp

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Lost & Found (The Midnight Remix)

"Lost & Found (The Midnight Remix)"
Remix by Tyler Lyle
Released	November 28, 2015 (2015-11-28)
Length	5:50
Label	The Midnight Music
Songwriter(s)	Tyler Lyle

Lost & Found is a song originally by Tyler Lyle that was remixed by The Midnight. The remix was released on November 28, 2015. An instrumental version of the remix was released on March 13, 2016.

The remix has a running time of five minutes and 50 seconds and is in the key of D-flat major. The original song Lost & Found was written by Dan Heath and Tyler Lyle. It is the third track from Tyler Lyle's album The Native Genius of Desert Plants, which was released on June 2, 2015.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dan Heath and Tyler Lyle.

Lost & Found (The Midnight remix)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lost & Found (The Midnight remix)"	5:50
2.	"Lost & Found (The Midnight remix) instrumental"	5:50
Total length:		11:40

Lyrics

When you find your love, you'll find your song
Even though you've been digging through the break of dawn
You've been pushing and the push is gone
You think it makes you strong
Strong<

Ohh
Nobody knows when it goes
When it goes

Love takes some time to bloom
When it's right, it'll find you
When it's right, it'll find you
Like sunlight breaking through
When it's right, it'll come to you
When it's right, it'll find you

When there's nothing left to mediate
You take your coat and you close the gate
And you grow your hair in branches long
And you lose your days in the LA sun

Ohh
Nobody knows when it goes
When it goes

Love takes some time to bloom
When it's right, it'll find you
When it's right, it'll find you
Like sunlight breaking through
When it's right, it'll come to you
When it's right, it'll find you

We have mostly wasted time
Half-asleep and have-to-buy
Waiting for the faintest lie
And waiting for these wounds to heal
No, we're never as lost or as found as we think we are
No, we're never as lost or as found as we think we are

Love takes some time to bloom
When it's right, it'll find you
When it's right, it'll find you
Like sunlight breaking through
When it's right, it'll come to you
When it's right, it'll find you

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Endless Summer

This template is about the album. For the song, see Endless Summer (song).

Endless Summer
Album by The Midnight
Released	August 5, 2016
Genre	Synthwave
Length	61:03
Label	The Midnight Music
Producer	Tim McEwan
The Midnight chronology
Days of Thunder (2014) Endless Summer (2016) The Midnight Remixed (2017)
Singles from Endless Summer
"Sunset" Released: May 13, 2016 "Vampires" Released: June 10, 2016

Endless Summer (5 Year Anniversary Edition)
Album by The Midnight
Released	June 24, 2021
Genre	Synthwave
Length	71:13
Label	The Midnight Music
Producer	Tim McEwan
The Midnight chronology
Horror Show (2020) Endless Summer (5 Year Anniversary Edition) (2021) The Rearview Mirror (2021)

Endless Summer is the first album by The Midnight. It was released independently by the band on August 5, 2016. Sunset and Vampires were issued as singles prior to the album's release.

On June 24, 2021, a 5 Year Anniversary Edition reissue of Endless Summer was released, containing two additional songs: Comet and Bend.

Background and composition

Tyler Lyle and Tim McEwan working on Endless Summer in February 2015

Endless Summer is the first full-length album from The Midnight, arriving two years after the band's debut EP Days of Thunder. The band announced on social media in January 2015 that new material was being worked on, and a clip of what would become the song Endless Summer was posted. Previews of new songs continued to be shared over the remainder of the year. In February, Tim McEwan posted a photo of himself and Tyler Lyle in the studio, and an early snippet of Vampires was shared on the same day. In March, early clips of Sunset and Daytona (then titled Daytona Beach) were shared. In May, several new clips were posted, including another one of Endless Summer, another one for Sunset, and one for Nighthawks. Also in May, a snippet of a new song presumably called She Was Dreamin' of Boys (featuring vocals by McEwan) was posted, but the song did not make the final album. A small snip of the album artwork (done by Taylor Allen) was revealed in July, and at that time the release was referred to as an EP. It was announced in August that the release of the EP/album was still several months away, with McEwan citing a desire to "push the envelope on the synthwave genre." In September, now removed teasers of the album were uploaded to Soundcloud and Youtube. In October, a small clip of an unknown song that did not make the album was shared. In November, a clip of The Equaliser (Not Alone) was posted, and the song was slated to be released in December, but it was not actually released until March 2016, when it was featured on the Drive Radio compilation Selection Volume 1.

Tracklist reveal image

Throughout the first half of 2016, more information about the forthcoming album continued to be shared by the band. A snippet of Crockett's Revenge was posted on social media in March, and it was announced that Thomas Edinger, who played saxophone on Days of Thunder, would be playing saxophone on three songs on the new album. Tim McEwan also said around this time that he expected the album/EP to have around eight to ten tracks, with a few instrumentals and one or two songs with him on vocals. An early clip of Memories was shared in April, and McEwan stated in a Facebook comment that writing for the album was complete and the production of tracks was in progress. He additionally mentioned in a separate post that the album would have a more "noir" feel compared to Days of Thunder. At the beginning of May, Sunset was announced as the first official single from Endless Summer. The single was officially released on May 13. Later that month, McEwan said that the album was likely to be released in June, noting that the production of Sunset took longer than expected and stated further that more singles would be released in the meantime. In early June, a second single Vampires was announced and was officially released on June 10. More clips continued to be shared after the release of the two singles. A longer clip of Crockett's Revenge was shared in June, and in July a snippet of The Comeback Kid was posted. On July 25, the album was officially announced and given a release date of August 5. The album artwork was also revealed. On August 1, the tracklist was revealed. Endless Summer officially released on August 5, receiving positive reviews from critics.

Poster for 1966 surf documentary The Endless Summer, the inspiration for the album name

In 2017, electronic music label Silk Music issued two singles from Endless Summer containing remixes: Sunset, which was released on August 7, and Synthetic, which released on December 18. These singles lead to the eventual release of the band's first remix album, The Midnight Remixed.

Endless Summer contains the song Synthetic, which until the 2021 5 Year Anniversary Edition reissue was the only released The Midnight song with vocals written and sung by band member Tim McEwan. The album also features the band's first collaboration with Los Angeles based singer-songwriter Nikki Flores on the track Jason. The band would later collaborate with Flores again on the songs Light Years and Because The Night, and she has also toured with the band several times. McEwan said that the album's title was derived from a 1966 surf documentary film he watched titled The Endless Summer, stating that it gave him "this yearning for summer never to end." He suggested this name to Tyler Lyle and encouraged him to use it as a basis for lyrics for a track idea he had, which resulted in the song Endless Summer and the album being given the title as well.

On June 24, 2021, a 5 Year Anniversary Edition reissue of Endless Summer was released, containing two additional songs: Comet and Bend. Bend was originally released as a bonus track for pre-ordering the first pressing of the Endless Summer vinyl release. Comet is a song that was teased on the band's Facebook page back in 2016 but had been otherwise unreleased. It is the second song to release by The Midnight with vocals from Tim McEwan, following Synthetic.

Official description

The image of the perfect place - sun soaked and shining - the colors forever suspended in full bloom. This perfect place may not exist, but the longing for it does. In Brazil the word saudade means meta-nostalgia. Longing for a longing. The Endless Summer is the promise that it can stay this good forever. Maybe if we hold on tight enough the autumn won't come, love won't wither, we won't fade away. This album was written in Los Angeles and New York City with inspiration from Coney Island and Venice Beach and the Nighthawks in The East Village and the runaways headed for Hollywood and the Vampires haunting Midtown Manhattan. We see with fogged lenses. We remember through dirty glass, but we feel that impression of the sunset like an anchor on our heart - the colors over the Pacific as sharp as ever - even if we've never been to the ocean. Life has to change and continue on to the next season. Music can linger a bit.

Singles

Sunset
May 13, 2016

Vampires
June 10, 2016

Early song clips

Endless Summer
(January 16, 2015)

Vampires
(February 18, 2015)

Sunset
(March 3, 2015)

Daytona
(March 10, 2015)

Endless Summer
(May 20, 2015)

Nighthawks
(May 22, 2015)

She Was Dreamin' of Boys
(May 22, 2015)

Sunset
(May 27, 2015)

Unknown song
(October 31, 2015)

The Equalizer
(November 16, 2015)

Crockett's Revenge
(March 10, 2016)

Memories
(April 14, 2016)

Sunset
(May 9, 2016)

Vampires
(June 1, 2016)

Crockett's Revenge
(June 18, 2016)

The Comeback Kid
(July 20, 2016)

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle except where noted.

Endless Summer

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Endless Summer"	6:45
2.	"Sunset"	5:26
3.	"Daytona"	4:52
4.	"Jason (feat. Nikki Flores)" (McEwan, Lyle, Nikki Flores)	5:31
5.	"Synthetic"	3:19
6.	"The Equaliser (Not Alone)"	3:49
7.	"The Comeback Kid"	5:21
8.	"Vampires"	5:17
9.	"Crockett's Revenge"	5:22
10.	"Nighthawks" (McEwan, Lyle, Oliver McEwan)	3:48
11.	"Lonely City"	5:14
12.	"Memories"	6:19
Total length:		61:03

5 Year Anniversary Edition

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Comet"	5:17
14.	"Bend"	4:53
Total length:		71:13

Credits
Additional instrumentation was provided by Thomas Edinger (saxophone), Johannes Jørgensen (guitar on Sunset), Mads Storm (synth solo on Daytona), and Nikki Flores (vocals on Jason). All tracks mixed by Tim McEwan. All tracks mastered by Anders Schumann at Studio C4 in Copenhagen except for Bend and Comet which were mastered by Tim McEwan.

Release history and variants

Digital release history for Endless Summer

Date	Edition
August 5, 2016	Standard
-
August 13, 2016	Instrumentals
Only The Midnight instrumentals release to have unique artwork. Only includes songs that had vocals on the original release, except for Lonely City. Released just eight days after the vocal version, the shortest period of time between vocal and instrumental releases until Horror Show, whose vocal and instrumental versions were both available on release day by preordering a physical copy of the EP.
May 7, 2021	Stems
Contains the 12 songs from the album denoted with BPMs plus 148 stem parts comprising all songs. The stems are not royalty free but projects and remixes made with them are allowed to be used on non-monetized platforms.
June 24, 2021	5 Year Anniversary Edition
Released to commemorate the five-year anniversary of Endless Summer. Tracklist includes all 12 songs from the original release plus two new bonus tracks, Comet and Bend.

Physical release history for Endless Summer

Year	Format	Color/Design
2017	LP	Black
First pressing on vinyl. Endless Summer was the first release by The Midnight to get pressed on vinyl and the first to have a physical release in any format. Announced shortly after the digital release of the album, the project was funded through Qrates and was marketed as Endless Summer (Vocal Edition); none of the instrumental tracks were included in order to fit the record on one vinyl. 619 copies were funded, surpassing the target goal of 500. Records were shipped in May 2017. People who preordered the record received a download code for Bend, a song that was not made available again until the 2021 5 Year Anniversary Edtion reissue. Only The Midnight vinyl release to be pressed in the standard black color.
2018	Cassette	White
First tape variant. Was first offered for sale at the Spring 2018 shows with the remaining stock being sold online.
2018	Cassette	Neon Pink
Second tape variant.
2018	LP	Clear
Second vinyl variant and first variant to include the entire album. The album was remastered for this release. Preorders began in June 2018 and were shipped in September.
2021	CD	-
Contains the 5 Year Anniversary Edition of the album.
2021	LP	Pink/Blue Swirl
Third vinyl variant.

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