Eddie Chacon by DeMarquis McDaniels
SHARES LEAD SINGLE “EMPIRE” FEATURING JOHN CARROLL KIRBY
Lay Low
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Eddie Chacon announces his new album Lay Low, produced by Nick Hakim, due January 31, 2025 via Stones Throw. Its first single “Empire” featuring John Carroll Kirby is out now with a music video directed by Bing Cao.
Eddie Chacon’s thoughtful strain of R&B muses on themes like mortality, failure, and growth. On Lay Low, his third solo album, he’s ready to examine the grief of losing his mother, Patricia.
Lay Low arrives 30 years after the heyday of Charles & Eddie, the duo that brought Chacon fame in the ’90s. After two albums with John Carroll Kirby, Chacon teamed up with producer Nick Hakim for this album. Speaking about the process of making Lay Low, Chacon says, “At first, I was rusty, apprehensive. John was my security blanket. He mined the gold in me.” While he and Kirby are still very close, Chacon added that “the time felt right to leave the nest.”
Lead single “Empire” serves as a bridge between the sound of Sundown, his 2023 sophomore solo album, and the sonic world of the new record. It’s about “how we are sometimes more fragile than we realize,” Chacon says. “We think our choices and even our tiny actions won’t catch up with us… It’s about facing the damage that’s been done once it’s too late to save.” As Eddie sings, “everything we have is like an empire that we built upon the sand.”
Lay Low was recorded over two years in Hakim’s Brooklyn studio. The first time Eddie and Nick connected, they recorded three songs in three days. “From that point forward it seemed like we’d been working together forever,” Eddie says, with Hakim helping build an intuitive framework for Chacon’s songs of love and letting go. For all the weight of its subject matter, Lay Low’s mood is sweetly seductive. “I wanted the mood to be hazy & sensual,” Eddie says, “There’s darkness, but there’s light to be found if you search for it. Nick understood this and created a musical landscape that feels awash in beauty struggling to find its way.”
This October and November, Eddie will embark to the United Kingdom for a run of headline shows across the country, including performances in Manchester, Liverpool, London and more. Full tour routing below and tickets available HERE.
Upcoming Live Dates
10/29 – Birmingham, UK @ The Hare & The Hound
10/30- Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew
10/31- Manchester, UK @ YESPinkRoom
11/05 – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
11/06 – Liverpool, UK @ Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
11/07 Nov – Gateshead, UK @ The Glasshouse
11/09 Nov – Leeds, UK @ Belgrave Music Hall
11/11 Nov – London, UK @ Jazz Cafe
11/12 Nov – Brighton, UK @ Alphabet
Eddie Chacon
Lay Low
January 31, 2025
Stones Throw
1. Good Sun
2. Let You Go
3. Empire feat. John Carroll Kirby
4. Lay Low
5. Birds feat. Nick Hakim
6. Let The Devil In
7. End Of The World
8. If I Ever Let You Go
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