Eddie Chacon

𝙍&𝘽 𝙙𝙤𝙣 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙤𝙣 - 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙛 𝙤𝙛 '𝟵𝟬𝙨 𝙙𝙪𝙤 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙨 & 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚 - 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙮, 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙, 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤-𝙛𝙞 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡.
Chacon's last couple of albums were unexpected gems, and although 'Lay Low' loses the production wizardry of Solange collaborator John Carroll Kirby, Nick Hakim, who's engineered albums for Adrianne Lenker and Anderson .Paak steps up to the challenge. The singer returned after a two decade hiatus in 2020 with the brilliant 'Pleasure, Joy and Happiness', following it in 2023 with the soft rock-tinged 'Sundown'. And on 'Lay Low', Chacon memorialises the feeling of loving and letting go, singing sweetly and vulnerably over Hakim's downsampled beatbox rhythms and ferric R&B memories.
- Kirby even shows up for a feature on the chirpy, Chick Corea-esque 'Empire', while Hakim gets a feature spot on 'Birds', a horizontal, drumless moment that pairs Chacon's gentle tones with theremin whines and muted electric piano vamps. Quite lovely.