Charles Kelley Set To Release New Solo Album, ‘Songs For A New Moon’

Charles Kelley is set to release his newest solo record, Songs For A New Moon, on June 25. Produced mainly by Sam Ellis and Lindsay Rimes, the 16-song project celebrates an age of renewed possibility and fresh perspective, both musically and in life, for Kelley, the co-lead vocalist of the Grammy-winning trio Lady A.

“I’ve always loved really well-written, great ‘80s pop, from Toto to Ambrosia, and I always just felt like no one gave it enough credit,” Kelley explains. “This is me wanting to explore a different sound and pull from influences I’ve had for the longest time – but I didn’t want to make an ‘80s sounding record, and then throw a bunch of country ‘insurance’ on it. I almost feel like that would be an insult to the listener… I wanted to go all-in.”

Alongside the announcement, Kelley has released “Run” and “Driving And Listening To Music.” The previously-released “Can’t Lose You” made its radio debut, charting at No. 26 on the Adult Contemporary radio charts.

“This is about as honest as I can be in my music, and I’m super proud and just grateful. I’ve been in a really positive life-is-good headspace, and I want to soak it up. I want to take this second chance and self discovery and stop being afraid,” Kelly admits. “A little bit of that unknown is what makes life fun – it’s scary, but good scary.”

Songs For A New Moon Track List:
1. “Can’t Lose You” (Charles Kelley, Lindsay Rimes, Michael Whitworth, Josh Kear)*
2. “Covering My Tracks” (Sam Ellis, Meg Mcree, Benjy Davis, Charles Kelley)~
3. “Take Back Goodbye” (Charles Kelley, Lindsay Rimes, Josh Kear)*
4. “Run” (Sam Ellis, Derrick Southerland, Charles Kelley)~
5. “Can’t Be Alone Tonight” (Sam Ellis, Charles Kelley, Jon Green)~
6. “Here With Me” (Brandon Flowers, Fran Healy, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci)~
7. “Angel Eyes” (Sam Ellis, Micah Premnath, Charles Kelley)~
8. “How Gone” (Charles Kelley, Lindsay Rimes, Michael Whitworth, Josh Kear)*
9. “Lost And The Lonely” (Sam Ellis, Charles Kelley, Joybeth Taylor, Thomas Archer)~
10. “Never Let You Go” (Charles Kelley, Lindsay Rimes, Michael Whitworth, Josh Kear)*
11. “Full Time Fool” (Charles Kelley, Lindsay Rimes, Josh Kear)*
12. “Photograph” (Charles Kelley, Lindsay Rimes, Michael Whitworth, Josh Kear)*
13. “Kiss Thing Thing Goodbye” (Charles Kelley, Josh Kear, Mark Holman)#
14. “Driving And Listening To Music” (Charles Kelley, Adam Doleac, Devin Dawson, Brad Tursi, Jordan Schmidt)+
15. “Time After Time” (Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman)~
16. “Look What We Did” (Sam Ellis, Charles Kelley, Laura Veltz)~

* Produced by Lindsay Rimes
~ Produced by Sam Ellis
# Produced by Nathan Chapman
+ Produced by Devin Dawson, Jordan Schmidt