GRAMMY® winner and rising Curb Records artist Lloyd Nicks teases his debut album, Paper-Maché, due March 19, 2027, with the release of “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Heaven."
Nicks is laser focused on faith on “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Heaven.” The retro-sounding throwback showcases the St. Louis native’s soulful range across a choir-assisted anthem about holding the tension of inevitable challenges alongside an unshakeable view of eternity. Resolving to finish the race set before him, the newcomer finds courage in life’s bend-or-break moments. He wrote “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Heaven” with Micah Kuiper, Matthews Ntlele and Mike Curb. Kuiper and Kyle Williams produced the fresh recording, which is slated for his 2027 full-length project.
Paper-Maché pieces together a life that’s known abuse, abandonment and grief, but also a transformed heart that’s experienced the love of Jesus. Nicks’ 12-track effort reveals an emotional storyteller and a devoted father who’s trying to outrun generations’ worth of pain for the sake of his children. His introductory set boasts a soaring vocal and an inviting array of R&B, soul, pop, Gospel and worship, as well as a personal version of his GRAMMY®-winning CeCe Winans’ cut, “That’s My King.” The tracklisting for Paper-Maché also includes his current radio single, “A Little More,” and his emotional ode to fatherhood, “Heal For You,” which has already garnered more than 60 million impressions across his social platforms and was recently nominated for Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year ahead of the 57th GMA Dove Awards. The annual awards show will take place in Nashville on Oct. 6, 2026, and is scheduled to air on Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) on Friday, Oct. 9.
Already a GRAMMY® winner, three-time GMA Dove Award nominee, and a co-writer on a Billboard Music Award winning song, Nicks signed a recording contract with Curb in 2025. His award-winning hit, Winans’ “That’s My King,” remained at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs chart for an impressive 49 weeks.