Biography
Eyes of Love, the experimental pop band, is fronted by New York-based songwriter Andrea Schiavelli. Their 2018 debut album End of the Game presents tightly wound, complex arrangements that remain both playful and delicate.
Born in Los Angeles, Schiavelli became a fixture of the Brooklyn indie music scene during the early 2010s. A limited cassette EP titled Andrea Schiavelli & the Eyes of Love appeared in 2011, followed in 2012 by the solo LP Another Ugly Face. He also performed with lo-fi glam group Punks on Mars and garage punks Nude Beach. OSR Tapes released the 2015 cassette of demos titled Souls on Fire. The first official Eyes of Love release arrived in 2016 on Wharf Cat Records as a self-titled EP of breezy garage pop songs. On that recording the lineup featured guitarist/vocalist Christina Schneider (CE Schneider Topical, Locate S,1), bassist Gary Canino (Rips), guitarist/bassist Tyler Evans (Ed Askew), and drummer Jo Miller Gamble (Blanche Blanche Blanche, Big French). After the EP, the group’s ever-shifting lineup added Palberta’s Lily Konigsberg and the Cradle’s Sammy Weissberg and Paco Cathcart. The band’s sound grew more sophisticated while Schiavelli’s songs retained their smoothness and poignancy. This configuration recorded End of the Game live in the studio without overdubs, and Wharf Cat issued the album in 2018.
Born in Los Angeles, Schiavelli became a fixture of the Brooklyn indie music scene during the early 2010s. A limited cassette EP titled Andrea Schiavelli & the Eyes of Love appeared in 2011, followed in 2012 by the solo LP Another Ugly Face. He also performed with lo-fi glam group Punks on Mars and garage punks Nude Beach. OSR Tapes released the 2015 cassette of demos titled Souls on Fire. The first official Eyes of Love release arrived in 2016 on Wharf Cat Records as a self-titled EP of breezy garage pop songs. On that recording the lineup featured guitarist/vocalist Christina Schneider (CE Schneider Topical, Locate S,1), bassist Gary Canino (Rips), guitarist/bassist Tyler Evans (Ed Askew), and drummer Jo Miller Gamble (Blanche Blanche Blanche, Big French). After the EP, the group’s ever-shifting lineup added Palberta’s Lily Konigsberg and the Cradle’s Sammy Weissberg and Paco Cathcart. The band’s sound grew more sophisticated while Schiavelli’s songs retained their smoothness and poignancy. This configuration recorded End of the Game live in the studio without overdubs, and Wharf Cat issued the album in 2018.
Albums
Singles
