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  • Summary: The second full-length solo release from Los Angeles-based Eddie Chacon was produced by John Carroll Kirby.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
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  1. Mar 30, 2023
    100
    Soothing, moving, occasionally disquieting and utterly immersive, Sundown suggests its predecessor was something else entirely: merely the first step of an entirely unlikely and entirely delightful career renaissance.
  2. Mar 30, 2023
    80
    There’s a new sense of confidence in the vocals, the clarity of the melodies, and production flourishes. Lyrically, too, there’s a shift – the troubled soul-searching has (mostly) given way to a sense of joy and acceptance at his place in the world. There are songs here that do not so much start as saunter into earshot, in no rush to reveal themselves and all the more seductive for it.
  3. Mar 30, 2023
    80
    Sundown is both a bigger sounding LP than Pleasure, Joy And Happiness but also a deeper one. [May 2023, p.91]
  4. Uncut
    Mar 30, 2023
    80
    A blissful affair. [Apr 2023, p.25]
  5. Mar 31, 2023
    80
    The LP is another work of sophisticated simplicity with deliberation seemingly eschewed in favor of spontaneity. Due in significant part to Leach's active hands and the frequent presence of Hone's woodwinds, the material evokes gentle spiritual and Brazilian jazz almost as much as it does smooth private-press soul.
  6. Apr 6, 2023
    72
    A collection of laid-back grooves and sultry meditations on love, loss, and the human experience.