Biography
Vocalist Tyler Carter demonstrated remarkable breadth across genres within a compressed timeframe, having participated in a pair of thriving metalcore acts and simultaneously initiating an independent path as a pop and R&B performer by his twenty-third birthday. Born on December 30, 1991, in Habersham County, Georgia, Carter displayed an intense passion for music during his earliest childhood years. While enrolled in junior high he performed on drums within a praise band at his neighborhood church and maintained involvement in athletics throughout his time at a military academy. He entered his initial rock ensemble, A Path Less Travelled, during 2008 and commenced collaboration the following year with the metalcore group Woe, Is Me. Following graduation from high school Carter intended to build a musical future alongside his close friend and vocal partner Rachel Glenn Reece, yet her death at the hands of a drunk driver in a traffic collision left him devastated; he temporarily stepped away from music and considered enrolling in college to study psychology. When Woe, Is Me received a recording contract from Rise Records, however, Carter chose to return to the industry. He set aside higher education in order to record and tour, enabling Woe, Is Me to achieve chart recognition with their first album, 2010’s Number(s). Persistent internal tensions produced repeated lineup shifts, prompting Carter’s departure from the band in 2011. Two years later he aligned with Tyler “Scout” Acord and former Woe, Is Me member Michael Bohn to establish Issues, a project that merged metalcore speed with forceful, polished electronic textures. The outfit’s introductory EP, 2012’s Black Diamonds, achieved commercial traction by climbing to number eight on Billboard’s Hard Rock chart. Their debut full-length release, 2014’s Issues, ascended to the top position on both the Hard Rock and Indie charts while reaching number nine on the Top 200 albums survey. In 2015, with the remaining Issues members occupied composing material for a subsequent album, Carter determined the moment had arrived to issue a solo EP he had been developing since joining the group. Crafted together with Acord, Leave Your Love discards Carter’s earlier rock leanings in exchange for pop, R&B, and electronic hues, revealing a facet of his artistic identity that feels simultaneously more intimate and more approachable than his prior work.
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