Eric Paslay releases his self-titled debut album on Tuesday (February 4th), and he couldn’t be more thrilled, especially since he just hit the top of the Mediabase/Country Aircheck chart with “Friday Night,” which appears on the album. He moved to Nashville more than 10 years ago, and he says timing is everything when putting together an album of songs.

“They’re all, all the way from 10 years ago to probably a year ago between the 11 songs. I believe every song could be played on the radio and be a hit, you know, but it is wild when you think about how do all these songs get to be on a record,” says the Texas native. “There’s a lot of songs that deserve to be heard, and they will be eventually, but these are the 11 on the album, and I think they fit together really well to kinda at least introduce people to me about what I like singing about.”

Eric is traveling around the country performing his own dates, but will hit the road in March with Brantley Gilbert and Thomas Rhett on the Let It Ride 2014 Tour.

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“They’re all, all the way from 10 years ago to probably a year ago between the 11 songs. I believe every song could be played on the radio and be a hit, you know, but it is wild when you think about how do all these songs get to be on a record. And it is – it’s about timing…I wrote this song, ‘Song About a Girl,’ it’s a pretty new song and went in the studio and cut it, and it’s like, ‘Holy crap! This is a fun song. It needs to be on the record.’ The bummer thing is you knock off a song that was on the record before it. There’s a lot of songs that deserve to be heard, and they will be eventually, but these are the 11 on the album, and I think they fit together really well to kinda at least introduce people to me about what I like singing about.”