Country powerhouse vocalist and Columbia recording artist Kameron Marlowe is preparing for the release of his long-awaited sophomore album Keepinâ The Lights On, available May 31, 2024.
The albumâs announcement is accompanied by the poignant title track and official music video, available everywhere now.
Featuring sixteen meticulously crafted tracks, including the previously acclaimed singles ‘Quit You‘, ‘Strangers‘ (with Ella Langley) and ‘Tennessee Donât Mind‘, Marloweâs forthcoming record is a testament to his evolution as an artist for the ages. Enlisting esteemed writers including Kendell Marvel, Michael Hardy and Wyatt McCubbin, and produced by Dann Huff, Keepinâ The Lights On extends an invitation into Marloweâs life â from childhood to modern day â through a transparent showcase of growth, maturity and most importantly, a lifetime of fulfilling promises.
âI feel like I discovered a lot about myself while making this record,â shares Marlowe. âI got to reflect on a lot of life from when I was a kid to life today. This album explores everything from loss to love, depression to joy, and overcoming the voices in your head telling you youâre not good enough. I found myself looking at life through a different lens throughout the process. The namesake of the album, âKeepinâ The Lights Onâ came from a conversation with my dad over the holidays about how heâs always thanking the man upstairs for keeping it all together, especially when times get tough. For me, this record is a reminder of hard work, dedication and keeping the promises that we make. Itâs still crazy to me that people are listening to a small town boy from Kannapolis, N.C., but here I am releasing my second album. I canât wait for yâall to hear it.âÂ
The upcoming 16-track output promises to showcase Marloweâs versatility as an artist, offering a blend of moments drenched in honky-tonk rhythm and melody laced with a dusty aura of solid country gold. Focused on heart-gripping lyrics that dig into lifeâs struggles, he exposes the familiarity of heartbreak but positively shifts into the idea of breaking down your walls to let in the one who changes everything. With his incredibly gifted âtried and true country melodiesâ (Whiskey Riff) holding the bright spotlight, he balances each impeccable tone of his voice into every word with remarkable precision to authentically guide the listener through a bevy of raw emotion, whether it be on a song he co-wrote himself or through an outside cut that perfectly fit his story.
KEEPINâ THE LIGHTS ON TRACK LIST:
1. â911â (Wyatt McCubbin/John Pierce/Micah Wilshire)
2. âNothin’ Slowin’ Us Downâ (Kameron Marlowe/Mitchell Tenpenny/Rob Williford/Dallas Wilson)
3. âOn My Way Outâ (Michael Hardy/Ben Johnson/Hunter Phelps/Taylor Phillips/Bobby Pinson)
4. âNever Really Knowâ (Kameron Marlowe/James McNair)
5. âTennessee Don’t Mindâ (Charles Kelley/Daniel Tashian)
6. âLeaning On Youâ (Kameron Marlowe/Erik Dylan/Wyatt McCubbin/Taylor Phillips)
7. âI Can Runâ (Tucker Beathard/Oscar Charles Gnaedig/Ben Roberts)Â
8. âHigh Hopesâ (Josh Osborne/Trevor Rosen/Brad Tursi)
9. âOne That I Don’t Callâ (Wyatt McCubbin/James McNair/John Pierce)
10. âLock Me Upâ (Ben Johnson/Jordan Minton/Hunter Phelps/Taylor Phillips)
11. âWill It Be There in the Morningâ (Kameron Marlowe/Mitchell Tenpenny/Dallas Wilson)
12. âQuit Youâ (Kameron Marlowe/James McNair/John Pierce)
13. âSmallerâ (Erik Dylan/Wyatt McCubbin)
14. âStrangers (with Ella Langley)â (Kameron Marlowe/Ella Langley/Will Bundy/Chase McGill)
15. âBroke Down in a Truckâ (Taylor Baynum/Nathan Justis/Dave Michael/Colby Williford)
16. âKeepin’ the Lights Onâ (Kameron Marlowe/Kendell Marvel/Phil O’Donnell)
The album follows the release of ‘Strangers’, a collaboration with Ella Langley, which Billboard hails as âa mighty vocal pairingâ as their âoctave-jumping talents push the other’s to ever-heightened moments of angst.â The performance sees âsparks flyâ (MusicRow) as the powerhouse duo âbring their a-game vocals to the agonizingly beautiful songâ (Country Swag).
A streaming and vocal powerhouse with over 860M total global streams to date, Marlowe charges into 2024 as MusicRowâs Next Big Thing, reinforcing previous acclaim from Opryâs NextStage, CMTâs Listen Up, Amazon Musicâs One to Watch, Pandora, Spotify and more than a dozen media outlets. He joined Lainey Wilson on her Australian headliner tour in March, and shared new music on his headlining Strangers Tour with Tucker Wetmore. As 2024 shapes up to be his biggest yet, more exciting announcements can be expected very soon.