Millennial Midwest pop rock

Songs about brotherhood, faith, and growing up. Minneapolis, MN.

The five members of Hyland standing together inside a bar at night

The story

Hyland is a Tooth & Nail Records alumni band that disappeared, grew up, and came back with something to say. The songs sit between nostalgia and reckoning, shaped by time, faith, brotherhood, and the quiet weight of what they've learned along the way.

  • 2006Formed in Minneapolis
  • Tooth & NailAlumni
  • Residence MusicDistribution, 2026

New EP, out June 12, 2026

The Younger Years

Five songs, fifteen minutes. Out now, released through Residence Music.

  1. 01Got A Say3:01
  2. 02Tell It2:51
  3. 03Dodged Your Bullet2:38
  4. 04Younger Years3:42
  5. 05Older Without You3:15

Twenty years, the short version

  1. 2006

    Minneapolis

    Hyland starts as a local pop rock band, playing clubs and festivals across Minnesota, then the rest of the country.

  2. 2008

    Polyphonic Telegraph No. 1

    The first independent EP comes out on July 22.

  3. 2009

    Quotients

    A four-track EP that previews what becomes the debut album.

  4. 2010

    Odds & Ends, then Tooth & Nail

    The Odds & Ends EP comes out. Intern Josh Riggs leaves a Hyland song open on producer Aaron Sprinkle's computer overnight. Sprinkle hears it, and the band signs on October 25.

  5. 2011

    Weights & Measures

    The debut album lands May 3. "This Love Is Free" reaches No. 29 on Billboard's Christian Songs chart.

    Weights & Measures album cover: a brass balance scale
  6. 2012

    Finding Our Way

    The second album arrives October 22 on Tooth & Nail. "Beauty In The Broken" is added on K-LOVE.

    Finding Our Way album cover: four band members backlit by a low sun
  7. 2014

    The quiet

    The last run of shows. Then everybody grows up for a while.

  8. 2024

    Safe to Say (Chasing Time)

    A reunion show and a new single. The first sign of unfinished business.

    Safe to Say single cover: the brass scale again, now standing in the desert
  9. 2026

    The Younger Years

    Working alongside Residence Music, a run of singles leads to the EP, out the same night as a nearly sold-out Varsity Theater show with The Cab.

    The Younger Years EP cover

Live, June 11, 2026

Live at the Varsity

The Varsity Theater in Minneapolis was the venue Hyland spent years missing. One night fixed that: a nearly sold-out room with The Cab, the same night The Younger Years EP came out.

The view from the stage: two band members facing a packed floor at the Varsity Theater The drummer mid-song behind his kit under red stage light Two guitarists in silhouette against white stage light and haze
Drummer and bassist laughing together on stage under teal and orange light The crowd with hands in the air, the balcony full behind them The drummer with sticks raised in blue light

The band

Four members. Twenty years in.

  • Jon LewisLead vocals
  • Mitch HansenLead guitar
  • Ben EarlyKeys, guitar
  • Steve WeigelDrums

From the feed

Reels, rooftops and a lot of yelling. Follow @hylandtheband

  • A band member mid-shout in front of tiger wallpaper
  • A band member standing alone in an empty parking ramp
  • A close-up shout into a microphone, under a clip of the band on a couch
  • A raised hand against a cloudy sky on a rooftop
  • A rooftop at sunset with the city skyline behind
  • A band member playing an arcade racing game
  • Dancing in a loft while the rest of the band watches from the couch