Released when he was just 17-years-old, Taiwanese-American songwriter Chance Emerson’s debut EP has earned a million Spotify plays to date.

Still a teenager attending college in Providence, Rhode Island, Emerson’s accomplished debut album “The Raspberry Men,” arrives March 6^th. 

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Chance Emerson as photographed in Hong Kong by Manisha Shah

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“Wandering Mind,” released when Chance Emerson was just 17-years-old, is taken from his “The Indigo Tapes” EP which has earned him a million Spotify plays to date. Emerson’s debut album The Raspberry Men arrives on March 6^th, 2020.

[STREAM]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG742dTl_F4

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Chance Emerson

The Raspberry Men

(S/R)

March 6^th, 2020

Track Listing:

01. How Can I

02. A Different Dark

03. Annabelle

04. In My Way

05. Coming to Japan

06. Incredible

07. It Won’t Be Pretty

08. Never Been In Love

09. The Raspberry Men

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Chance Emerson | Live

03/06/2020: Providence, RI @ Dream Hau5 (Record Release Show, 1030PM, $8)

04/08/2020: Providence, RI @ AS220 (w/ Breachway)

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Chance Emerson | About

“My Mandarin is pretty bad at this point,” says 19-year-old songwriter, Chance Emerson.

Still just a teenager currently attending college in Rhode Island, Emerson's rusty Mandarin is the result of being away from his homeland for nearly two thirds of his life now. Born in Taiwan to a Taiwanese mother and American father, Emerson moved to Hong Kong at seven-years-old.

“The concept of home has been very fluid for me,” he confesses. “Music has ended up being a huge part of how I ground myself in a place.”

The songs on Emerson’s upcoming debut album The Raspberry Men (March 6^th) will ground you, too.

They speak to the most relatable aspects of the human condition in a manner that is empathic and world-traveler wise. Even so, the humor, high-energy, and edge of a youthful artist with baked-in chops are ultimately uplifting.

In other words, Chance takes chances.

In 2017, Emerson posted his self-produced EP, recorded in his high school music building’s attic, to his Facebook and Instagram.

“I thought maybe four people would listen to it, and I have an immediate family of five,” he jokes.

But as things go with music that moves, a few more than four listened in.

The word spread, local radio got on board, the EP ascended the iTunes charts, and over the past couple of years, songs from the “The Indigo Tapes” have racked up nearly a million Spotify plays.

“All of my friends shared it,” Emerson says, still seemingly surprised by the response.

They’ll likely share the new collection, too, though being his own best critic, Emerson doesn’t let all of his tunes see the light of day. More songs were cut from The Raspberry Men than made it on to the final, nine-track album.

“I cut 11,” he says. “They didn’t say enough. They weren’t honest enough.”

Emerson plays almost everything you hear on The Raspberry Men, mostly recorded in a wooden shed on his grandparent’s property in Maine.

“The songs maintain a lot of summer imagery because Maine is where I find my sense of place,” he says. “It's humid, too hot, and smells like pine.”

The Raspberry Men by Chance Emerson is scheduled for release on March 6^th preceded by the single “How Can I” on Jan. 24^th.

Chance Emerson is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Chance Emerson | Links

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