Last month Alex E. Chávez enticed us with the beautiful, radiant and emotionally engaging ‘cómplices de luto’, lifted from his upcoming debut solo album, Sonorous Present. Now the musician, producer, multi-instrumentalist, educator, and scholar has shared a second single called ‘The Shadow’. Chávez comments:

“the shadow” features Quetzal Flores on the traditional requinto jarocho of Veracruz, Mexico and the poetry of Roger Reeves set to an odd-meter cajón groove. This song was completely born in the studio through experimentation with both huapango and son jarocho elements atop which Roger then improvised.”

Listen to ‘The Shadow’ below and grab the album when it drops on October 18th through Artivist Entertainment.

Coinciding with the new single release, Alex E. Chávez has also unveiled a short documentary about the making of his upcoming album, directed by Osvaldo Cuevas.