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Tacoma, WA-based songwriter Kye Alfred Hillig has released his ninth solo album today, entitled The All-Night Costume Company. The album was born from necessity rather than momentum, written during a period when Hillig had nearly walked away from music altogether, and found himself worse for it. Recorded at Ex Ex Studios in Seattle in late 2025, the album was produced and mixed by Seattle lifer Johnny Nails, a shredder, studio rat, and road warrior whose fingerprints run deep through the city’s rock, jazz, and underground scenes.

For more than two decades, Hillig has been a steady presence in the Puget Sound underground, splitting his life between songwriting, social services, and a string of bands and solo releases that value truth over spectacle. After releasing a double album in 2022, Hillig became largely inactive, convinced that music had taken more than it had given. But walking away didn’t bring relief; it made things worse. By the fall of 2024, his life had begun to unravel in quiet but dangerous ways. A rare full-band show that November at Tacoma’s Edison Square changed everything. In front of a packed room, something snapped back into place. Afterward, his band demanded a record. Hillig owed them one, and more than that, he needed it. 

Hillig shared the following:

“With this record, something surprising happened. I woke up to the only church I know. It’s my band. Without them, I wouldn’t have made my favorite album to date. Without them, God knows where I’d be.”

Stream The All-Night Costume Company below in full and keep checking back for more from Kye Alfred Hillig!