“Forever” opens Eli Carvajal’s upcoming album with hushed guitar and clear-eyed detail; home-recorded in Tokyo, paired with a handmade video, and set up by an October UK tour.
“Forever” does what folk songs always hope to do: it feels familiar on the first listen, then quietly lands lines that send you back through your own life.
Carvajal keeps the arrangement simple: delicate strums, close vocal, and plenty of air, so the words do the lifting.
He leans into language itself, turning grammar and etymology into love talk (“Forever’s seven letters… You and I are pronouns”), which gives the song a warm, wry edge.
It’s also the opening track on Eyen Forever, out October 3, 2025, via Safe Suburban Home Records, with vinyl up for pre-order.
The album page lays out the tracklist (with “Forever” at #1) and the project’s backstory, songs shaped by a period living and teaching in Tokyo.
That Tokyo thread matters as Carvajal says he recorded “Forever” alone in his old bedroom there, with Mt Fuji far off in the frame; a small, personal image that matches the song’s tone.
The official video is just as homespun, keeping the focus on feeling rather than spectacle.
What gives the track its pull is restraint. The guitar rings with natural overtones, and he leaves space around each phrase; you can hear the room.
His album notes even nod to an unusual left-handed, upside-down approach and open tunings, details that explain the soft drone around the chords without getting technical in the listening.
With the album arriving, Carvajal has a short UK tour in October, including an album-launch night at The Finsbury (London) on Oct 2, then Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Brighton, and more, which feels exactly right for a song built to be heard close up.
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