badhead hyland

Badhead Hyland (otherwise known as TP Hyland) is an artist from London. He spent spent 10 years fronting outfits such as 8 piece art/pop collective Real Life Charm, alt/pop punk Tell It To The Marines (later known as simply 'Marines') and alternative rock band Raining Again.

TP has been published in i-D, Clash, IndieShuffle, Rocksound, AMBY & MusicWeek and supported by Radio 1 (Phil Taggart, Annie Mac, Huw Stephens) Radio X (Dave Rowntree, Communion) and BBC Radio 6 (Lauren Laverne) - with the press often celebrating his honest lyrics, emotive singing style, creativity and 'English-isms'. His Spotify plays across his last projects have nearly reached a quarter of a million, which he coyly admits and self deprecatingly follows with; “Not bad for a small town lad with anxiety. It’s not even close to what my music industry friends went onto get, but I’m happy someone other than my Mum is listening”.

As he sips from his IPA, he tells me about his solo career starting completely by accident. "I had a friend who was promoting a Steve Ignorant (Crass) show and I said I would do anything to play with him. I ended up getting him drunk enough to put me on the bill. He didn't even know what my music sounded like. Steve inspired me growing up, but he changed my life that night I supported him. I realised you could say anything in music and I had spent a decade not saying what I really meant. This project is what I should have always said."