2010 — 2026
From Santa Cruz basement demos to his final album — every track, every era, documented in full.
Oliver Tree Nickell rapping as Kryph out of Santa Cruz. Self-produced hip-hop and dubstep, pre-label, pre-persona. He played Wobbleland 2011 in San Francisco. No official artwork. Most of it is gone — what survived only did because fans held onto it.
Kryph Era · ~2010–2011 · No official
artwork
Signed to Apollo/R&S Records as Tree. Released Splitting Branches and the Demons EP in 2013. Art by Drew Grasso and Zane Prater. Then he deleted everything — wiped his entire YouTube channel and most of the music. They called it The Forest Fire. A lot of it is gone for good.
Splitting Branches · Album · 2013
Demons EP · Apollo/R&S · 2013
After studying music tech at CalArts, he came back with the Turbo character. "When I'm Down" with Whethan blew up in 2016 and the whole thing started. A handful of pre-label singles and unreleased demos from this period exist.
When I'm Down (w/ Whethan) · 2016
Do You Feel Me? (Single) · 2017
Released February 2018. Six tracks, fully signed to Atlantic. This was the real introduction — everything clicked here. The sessions had way more material than what ended up on the record.
Alien Boy EP · Atlantic Records · Feb
2018
Released August 2, 2019. Photography by Parker Day, design by Paul Donatelli. A few new cuts alongside the earlier singles — the build-up to the debut album was starting.
Do You Feel Me? EP · Atlantic Records · Aug
2019
Debut album, July 10, 2020. The cover reveal required 1 million comments on social media. Deluxe edition Shorter, Thicker & Uglier arrived May 2021 with 7 more tracks. He said he recorded over 100 songs for this album. Most of it never came out.
Ugly Is Beautiful · Atlantic · Jul 2020
Shorter, Thicker & Uglier (Deluxe) · May
2021
Collaborative EP with Russian punk group Little Big, released September 2021. Four tracks. Chaotic, funny, completely its own thing — no album to build toward, just a project they wanted to make.
Welcome to the Internet · w/ Little Big · Sep
2021
Released February 18, 2022. Country-leaning, emotionally bare — a real pivot. Visual design by David Harrigan (DAV3THR33). Deluxe edition Drown the World in a Swimming Pool of Sorrow followed later that year.
Cowboy Tears · Atlantic · Feb 2022
Drown the World... (Deluxe) · 2022
Released September 2023. He played a fashion designer named Cornelius Cummings for this era. Features Super Computer. Apple Music had 4 alternate versions on top of the standard 14 tracks.
Alone in a Crowd · Atlantic Records · Sep
2023
Released April 24, 2026 on his own Alien Boy Records — first independent release since 2013. 17 tracks, 47 minutes. The artwork: Oliver in a junkyard, scrap metal shaped into a heart. He died in June 2026, a few weeks after it came out. T-Pain and others have confirmed there’s more unreleased material.
Love You Madly, Hate You Badly · Alien Boy
Records · Apr 2026