You Me & Kyle: Raleigh’s New Sound Breaks the Silence on August 14
There’s a beat in Raleigh that’s about to get a name. On August 14, You Me & Kyle will walk onto a stage for the first time together; not as a side project, not as a session gig, but as a band with something to say.
The lineup has been around music long enough to have played more than 250 shows collectively. But this is a fresh start. Frontman Tony Sharpe, part songwriter, part storyteller, has pulled the pieces together under a name that hides a private joke: Kyle isn’t a guy. He’s a drum machine, the quiet metronome behind their early experiments.
“It’s about keeping the honesty in what we do,” Sharpe says. “You Me & Kyle was never about being perfect; it was about finding the thing that makes us want to keep playing.”
Their first move isn’t an album. In fact, they’re taking their previous full-length offline and going smaller: singles, then an EP, each one meant to drop like a breadcrumb for anyone willing to follow. They’re betting on momentum and word of mouth, building the kind of community most bands talk about but rarely get right.
That starts at home. Raleigh is the band’s base camp, and the August 14, 2025 set is more than just a gig, it’s a way to take stock of where they are before setting their sights on bigger rooms, bigger bills, maybe even opening for the Foo Fighters or Green Day.
If it sounds ambitious, it is. But there’s a groundedness to the way Sharpe talks about it. They’re not in a rush to “blow up.” They’re in it to see if they can make a sound that feels like it belongs; whether that’s in a small club or on a festival stage.
For now, the plan is simple: play the show, film everything, let people in on the process, and see who sticks around.