[Cover photo credit to Kate Stephenson]
NYC-born, LA-based singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Theo Kandel has announced his debut album Eating & Drinking & Being In Love. It will be out September 20th, 2024 via Nettwerk Music Group. He has also announced upcoming tour dates, including headline shows in New York, Decatur, Greenville, and Louisville, as well as a Fall run with labelmate Jordy Searcy.
Visiting New York City on a creative trip, Theo Kandel entered Grand Street Recording, the former location of the historic Hit Factory, to record Eating & Drinking & Being In Love with producer Jack Kleinick (grentperez, Juliet Ivy, Wingtip). Four days later, he emerged with the album.
Kandel explains:
When I’m writing songs, I need something visceral and tangible to sink my teeth into. Eating & Drinking & Being in Love is about time spent with important people in my life, and knowing that even a slice of that can be significant—even if it goes explicitly unsaid.
Kandel’s latest single and music video is “The Painters,” a nostalgia-tinged reflection on “road trips and late summer nights with your best friends.”
He comments on “The Painters”:
We wanted to make something that would pay homage to the feel-good music of past decades (70s, 90s, perhaps) while still rooting itself firmly in the modern age. It’s a song for driving down the coast with the windows down, then finding a spot on the beach and cracking open a nice cold beer.
It’s romantic, a bit cheesy, and totally aware of itself. I wanted the music video to feel just like that. I loved ‘How I Met Your Mothe’r growing up, and one of my favorite scenes is the two-minute date that Ted takes Stella on. I like to think our music video is an homage to that – to young love and sweaty summer days.
Tour Dates:
* Supporting Jordy Searcy
~ Headline
Jul 2 // Union Pool // Brooklyn, NY~
Sep 19 // Deep Elllum Art Co. // Dallas, TX*
Sep 20 // Common Grounds // Waco, TX*
Sep 21 // Spiderhouse Ballroom // Austin, TX*
Sep 26 // The Basement East // Nashville, TN*
Sep 27 // Songbirds // Chattanooga, TN*
Sep 28 // 40 Watts // Athens, GA*
Sep 30 // John Emerald Distillery // Opelika, AL*
Oct 1 // Saturn // Birmingham, AL*
Oct 4 // Eddie’s Attic // Decatur, GA~
Oct 5 // Radio Room // Greenville, SC~
Oct 6 // Zanzibar // Louisville, KY~
Oct 22 // Open Chord // Knoxville, TN*
Oct 23 // Cat’s Cradle // Carrboro, NC*
Oct 24 // Richmond Music Hall // Richmond, VA*
Oct 26 // DC9 // Washington, DC*
Oct 27 // Milkboy // Philadelphia, PA*
Oct 28 // The Broadway // Brooklyn, NY*
Oct 29 // The Middle East // Cambridge, MA*
Oct 30 // Portland House of Music // Portland, ME*
