Langhorne Slim to release Kemado debut in April :: Music News :: Articles

Kemado Records, home of Swedish psychedelic rockers Dungen and Interpol-esque New Yorkers Elefant, has just signed folk/soul-rocker Langhorne Slim, and will release his upcoming, self-titled album on April 29.

Slim's drummer Malachi DeLorenzo and Sam Kassirer (otherwise known as Josh Ritter's keyboardist/producer), produced all but one of the 13 tracks on the upcoming release, the last of which was helmed by Brian Deck, longtime producer of Iron & Wine, amongst others. Both Kassirer and Deck also contributed their musical skills some of the tracks.

Slim, who says his stage name comes from "a skinny town in Pennsylvania where the motorcycles roam in silence," was born Sean Scolnick in Longhorne, Pa. After his first album, When The Sun's Gone Down, was released on Narnack Records, Langhorne hopped to V2 Records to release his 2006 EP, Engine.

In between, Scolnick toured with compatriots The Avett Brothers, Lucero, Murder By Death, and Rocky Votolato. He'll soon go on tour himself, starting in the upper Northwest, before expanding nationally over the course of 2008.

Current dates:

January
23 - Bend, Ore. @ St. Francis - Father Luke’s
24 - Portland, Ore. @ Kennedy - Gym
25 - Troutdale, Ore. @ Edgefield - Blackberry Hall
26 - Forest Grove, Ore. @ Grand Lodge - Compass Hall
27 - Portland, Ore. @ Crystal Ballroom