Your unexpected new album of the year: Eddie Chacon - Pleasure, Joy and Happiness

great record. discovered "a quiet storm" too thanks to this thread - also A++ incredible

oh yeah, a quiet storm is peak smokey, lovely record indeed

ok I just bought this

This is a real treat.

this album is fucking amazing!!!!

ok I just bought this

― Paul Ponzi, Friday, September 4, 2020 5:14 PM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink

but it still hasn't arrived

Yeah, still enjoying this. Shame it made such a good job of falling down the cracks when it came to the EOY lists. Glad you got to hear it Brad, the balance of restraint and emotion is very Blue Nile

And Paul, I still haven't found a physical copy either

Loving this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEFyx61S6Pg

!!

New music coming tomorrow!!!!💥

— Eddie Chacon (@EddieC) August 10, 2022

great news. best record of 2020 imo.

Sounding great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXwWP-_tFwU

New album announced: https://eddiechaconofficial.bandcamp.com/album/sundown

great news! the two new tracks are sounding very good. vibe seems slightly more narcotic on this one?

Narcotic is a good call. Kinda woozy city-pop thing going on? Looking forward to the full album.

Absolutely loving "Step By Step." As good as anything on the previous LP. Other two preview tracks sound pretty good, too!

agree, it's excellent

New album is just as gorgeous as his debut. Holy Hell in particular is fantastic. I'm loving what this guy is doing.

oh hell yeah, so excited to listen to this

This is lovely, thanks for the heads up

Oh this is produced by John Carroll Kirby, that makes sense.

(I know JCK but honestly I've never heard of Eddie Chacon or Charles and Eddie)

https://www.passionweiss.com/2023/03/30/eddie-chacon-interview/

Oh wow, didn't realise the album was out. Saw a new track in my Release Radar this morning but assumed it was just another single.

This is a gorgeous record. Making me think of a bunch of things, all of them in that warm 70s sweet spot: John Martyn, Smokey, Tim Buckley in places, Curtis. The production is perfect.

Yeah love this. It also has a perfect length.

“the morning sun” is gorgeous. beautifully captures the spirit of skyward-facing 70s soul, could definitely hear stevie or terry callier or someone singing it

All lols aside, 'perfect length' is underrated in an album. Would make a good thread.

Voted for "Holy Hell" (and JCK!) in 2022 polling so this should have been highly anticipated in this house. Lucky I can rely on ILM to alert me to precisely this sort of new release. :) Particularly digging the percussion on "Haunted Memories" at this instant...

Really love this. Feels like it's more expansive stylistically than the previous album, or perhaps rather that it leans a bit more into exploring the vibes of the influences each track takes its cues from.

This is a gorgeous record. Making me think of a bunch of things, all of them in that warm 70s sweet spot: John Martyn, Smokey, Tim Buckley in places, Curtis. The production is perfect.

― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, March 31, 2023 4:21 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

shuggie otis too...this is so fucking great. he's on the aquarium drunkard podcast, good interview.

y’all should really check out John Carrol Kirby’s solo albums if you like this, he produced both Chacon records and he’s pretty great.

“step by step” reminds me a lot of outkast’s “so fresh so clean”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znqZ8dPbLLU

^bliss

omg, this is gorgeous. Could quite easily fit on *Drift*.

New interview by Pete Paphides on the Ace Records Podcast:

https://soundcloud.com/ace-records-ltd/the-ace-records-podcast-30-eddie-chacon

Kinda fascinating -- says his fave Dylan album of all time is Infidels and "Jokerman" is his standby/standard.