Describing themselves as Craft Batch Indie Rock, Brooklyn’s Andre Salvador and the Von Kings are built around the songs of Tim Cheplick. Their debut album takes inspiration from the likes of Elliot Smith, Camper Van Beethoven and Big Star and delivers something fresh, new and yet altogether comfortable and reassuring. 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 2016. A follow-up, This Is Play, came in 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 label 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.

Permanent Vacation was born in Rome, Italy. It’s the music project of U.K. singer/songwriter Chris Marks and U.S. writer/vocalist Juliette Rapp. The two met in Rome at an unlikely time, right before the global pandemic brought the world to it’s knees and stopped time.
During Italy’s nationwide lockdown, the two found themselves staring out the window at cobblestone streets, trapped inside with so much world surrounding them to be explored. Chris had been working on his own musical project at the time, titled Lake Michigan, when he asked Juliette to record some backing vocals.
After finishing work on that particular release and exploring new influences and creative methods, a new and collaborative project began to materialize.
Permanent Vacation is intimate, raw and meditative, comprising of field recordings from the streets of Rome as a backdrop. Their songs are stories about daily life and the human condition.
So far they released two singles and an e.p., “Blue Moon”.
Their new single “Caretakers” will be on their debut album coming out with Z Tapes in a few weeks.