Theo Kandel - Eating & Drinking & Being in Love (2024) [Hi-Res]

Today, NYC-born, LA-based singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Theo Kandel announces his debut album EATING & DRINKING & BEING IN LOVE, out September 20th via Nettwerk Music Group. He also announces upcoming tour dates, including headline shows in New York, Decatur, Greenville, and Louisville, as well as a fall run with labelmate Jordy Searcy. Full list of dates here.

Returning to New York City on a creative sojourn, Theo hunkered down in 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.

“When I’m writing songs, I need something visceral and tangible to sink my teeth into,” Theo explains. “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.”

Along with the LP announcement comes his latest single and music video “The Painters,” a free-spirit summer anthem with nostalgia-tinged lyrics of road trips and late summer nights with your best friends.

“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,” says Theo. “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,” Theo explains. “I loved How I Met Your Mother 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.”



Tracklist:
1-1. Theo Kandel - Eating & Drinking & Being in Love (Intro) (01:25)
1-2. Theo Kandel - Honeydew Moon (02:50)
1-3. Theo Kandel - Lunch (04:15)
1-4. Theo Kandel - The Painters (04:27)
1-5. Theo Kandel - Fixer Upper (04:45)
1-6. Theo Kandel - Nothing New (04:32)
1-7. Theo Kandel - One More Night (With My Friends in the City) (03:40)
1-8. Theo Kandel - On My Mind (04:27)
1-9. Theo Kandel - Joshua Tree (Interlude) (02:37)
1-10. Theo Kandel - Romanticizing Poets (03:06)
1-11. Theo Kandel - Teeth (04:19)