EYES OF LOVE
End of The Game is the anticipated debut full length by Eyes of Love, a band helmed by Brooklyn songwriter Andrea Schiavelli. Assembling a crew of some of the most skilled musicians in New York’s underground; Lily Konigsberg (Palberta, Lily and Horn Horse), Sammy Weissberg (The Cradle, Sweet Baby Jesus), Paco Cathcart (The Cradle, Shimmer), Schiavelli has cultivated a long player that is obedient to feeling and pulsates with urgent, anxious beauty.
Paste Magazine Premieres "Homeowners" and Announces End of The Game ...a wobbly masterpiece of taut, post-punk guitars, pulsing rhythms, and earworm melody.
End Of The Game is the follow up to the self-titled 7" EP that WAS RELEASED ON WHARF CAT RECORDS IN 2016. EOTG IS AVAILABLE IN LP/CD/SPECIAL EDITION LP FORMATS.
EYES OF LOVE RELEASES
Pre-order LP/CD/Special Edition LP. First 100 LPs are hand-numbered. Special Edition LPs are hand numbered 1-50 and include a bonus tape and a download of 26 demos.
End of The Game is the anticipated debut full length by Eyes of Love, a band helmed by Brooklyn songwriter Andrea Schiavelli. Assembling a crew of some of the most skilled musicians in New York’s underground; Lily Konigsberg (Palberta, Lily and Horn Horse), Sammy Weissberg (The Cradle, Sweet Baby Jesus), Paco Cathcart (The Cradle, Shimmer), Schiavelli has cultivated a long player that is obedient to feeling and pulsates with urgent, anxious beauty.
These 14 tracks harness the chaos of reckless abandon amid classic structures. Fans of Eyes of Love’s self titled 7” EP will recognize a mastery of breezy pop in tracks like “Homeowners” and “Players of the Field.” We see the band turn toward experimentation on tracks like “New,” which alternates between driving power pop and percussive breakdown. The lush strings, arranged by Weissberg, on tracks like “Elevator” and “End of The Game” starkly frame Shiavelli’s earnest songs while adding a depth and variation to this albums song-cycle, as do the solo piano instrumentals “Piano 1 Final” and “New Piano.” The full band tracks on End of The Game were recorded live, have no overdubs and are mixed with little or no effects — a rare technique these days and a sign of a band devoted to the details of their arrangements.
Eyes of Love is the live project of L.A. born/NYC based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andrea Schiavelli. An occasional player for Nude Beach, past member of Punks on Mars and keyboard improviser, Schiavelli has released several bedroom recordings including the self-released LP Another Ugly Face (2012) and the demo compilation Souls on Fire (OSR 2015). Schiavellli is joined by Christina Schneider on guitar and vocals (CE Schneider Topical), Gary Canino on bass (Rips, Dark Tea), Tyler Evans on guitar/bass (Ed Askew Band) and Jo Miller Gamble on drums (Big French, Blanche Blanche Blanche).
The resulting debut 7" Eyes of Love (EP) was recorded in December 2015 at analogue basement hub and OSR Manual FX in Brooklyn NY. Recorded, Produced and live mixed over a weekend by true wiz and OSR tapes mensch Zach Phillips, the EP features open-reel dub tactics and shocker percussion, coupled with flinch-less plucking and steady-fisted song craft.