Brooklyn melancholic indiepop artist Andre Salvador & the Von Kings debut first single
Brooklyn, New York melancholic indiepop artist Andre Salvador & the Von Kings debut first single “I Love You (Don’t Laugh)” off their upcoming self-titled album on Last Night From Glasgow.
RELEASE DATE: August 31st, 2020
Hello, You’ve made it this far into the week and it’s Thursday, so it’s almost time for the weekend. I’m excited to be sending you the first single “I Love You (Don’t Laugh)“, a bit of Elliot Smith meets Ladybug Transistor or Explorer’s Club melancholic indiepop from Brooklyn artist Andre Salvador & the Von Kings. Their upcoming self-titled album is coming out on Last Night From Glasgow. The track debuted earlier today via Austin Town Hall.
FIRST SINGLE: “I Love You (Don’t Laugh)”
André Salvador and the Von Kings is the moniker of mysterious singer/songwriter Tim Cheplick, a Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist who pens “tasty psych/indie tunes that feel modern and forward thinking” (The Deli).
Born in Wisconsin but raised on the East Coast, Cheplick has largely spent his time with a singular focus on making music wherever he is. Recording and putting out music under different monikers, Cheplick adopted the current band name and self-released “Rock and Roll Springtime” in March 2016. A follow-up, “This Is Play” came in December 2017, the first to include Paul Provenzano who answered a “Drummer Wanted” flier in a record store for a gig on his birthday.
For their debut LP on Last Night From Glasgow, Cheplick and Provenzano headed to Nashville to record with producer Robin Eaton (Lionlimb, the Spinto Band) at Club Roar Studios. Here they laid the foundation for a new batch of songs, recording rhythm guitar and drums which Cheplick took home to build on and craft a close approximation of what he heard in his head. The result has a homemade appeal. The people, bars, streets and scenes of New York City inform the 12 tracks which range from sparse grand piano and hushed vocals, to poppy synth-driven upbeat melancholia. The self-titled album releases August 31 2020.