Kamran Khan began playing music at the age of 7 – specifically the violin. Over the years, violins transformed into guitars and pre-teen dalliances with Scandinavian Metal morphed into obsessions with British 80´s alt-pop.
Fake Laugh first emerged in 2013 as a side-project to Khan’s main band at the time, eventually becoming his primary focus of creativity. Fake Laugh’s self-titled debut full-length arrived in 2017 as the delicate accumulation of years of experimentation. The album is a vivid rummage through the worlds of love, confusion and self-questioning.
Fake Laugh has announced a new piano and vocal album entitled Waltz, released on the 2nd of October. A follow up to Dining Alone, Waltz is his third full-length album and the second to be released in 2020. The album was recorded and largely written during the pandemic lockdown. Waltz marks a departure from the rest of Khan’s work in many regards. Recorded at his home studio during the period of lockdown, the album is based around simple arrangements that pair Khan’s tender vocals with understated piano.
These tracks exhibit the varied array of writing styles he has accumulated through collaboration and his diverse musical interests. But, Dining Alone doesn’t lose sight of the melodic pop sensibilities that run throughout Fake Laugh’s back catalogue, instead pushing them in rich new directions.
