INDIE VALLEY MUSIC

Indie

Perfect Moment

Never Know Why (feat. Vesper Stockwell)

For the unseen. Enjoy.

Lyrics by me.
Beat by In Bloom.

ANN FUEGO - Invisible (Demo)

Coffee's Ready

Voice and Phenomenon uses the medium of the voice, the most personal instrument of all, to investigate the concept of violence, by playing with the voice in its myriad forms: poetry, spoken word, singing, buddhist chants, games, voice overs, samples, gibberish, crying, and laughing. It argues that violence is not just physical violence but that of crossing the line, that of transformation; the album traces the artists' personal history of violence and concludes that life requires violence, because love is the greatest form of violence.

Violence is not just physical violence. We use the word violence to describe foul weather — for example, a violent storm. There is also the meme 'I choose violence.' In political science, the word structural violence is used to describe the ways in which institutions harm or violate a person’s rights, needs, or bodies. Shakespeare writes in Macbeth: “Th’ expedition of my violent love; Outrun the pauser, reason.” We use the word violence to describe that which crosses a boundary, that which defies the expected.

In my album, voice and phenomenon, I argue that love is precisely a type of violence, in that it fundamentally destroys your boundary and transforms you as a person. It is non-consensual; you fall in love. Your parents throw you into existence. Love is not a choice. Love is not always good; violence is not always good. But, it does always transform, for better or worse. Violence is an expression of transformation; it is a gateway to the future.

Voice and Phenomenon criticizes the liberal hypocrisy on violence — the American Revolution is good, but the Black Panthers are terrorists. The way liberalism treats violence as taboo, the way it argues that any movement, regardless of how noble its goal, is ineligible or disqualified by the presence of violence. Therefore, Haitians, Palestinians, Irish, Koreans, and more do not deserve empathy or justice — because we resisted with violence. This doesn’t just affect history, but also family and love.

Asian parents beat their kids. It is a tradition; many of us reject it. But, it is an undeniable part of our upbringing. White liberals treat violence as a cancer that needs to be excised. An immunological view of violence, which leads to its taboo status. It creates the binary of violence-love as opposites. However, according to this definition, most people in the world would’ve grown up without love. Only middle class white people would have grown up with love. The structural violence that undergirds their privileged status is not regarded as violence; only the colored have access to violence. In this album, I say loudly to the world: I am loved, I was loved! And that my love is violent. 

the DMZ blues

The World Inside

LOVE IN REVERSE

Falling Dream

Straight Down The Middle "Flip N Out"

Are you Ready?! Yes we are! Join the struggle with 91 Dominos and be a part of something great! We All Are Dominos is the scream of a lost generation ready to fall. We want to be heard, we want to make noise, we want to live!

We All Are Dominos

All songs written by Matthew Heller. 
Produced, recorded, mixed by David Pollock. 

Matthew Heller - vocals, piano, guitar, keyboards

David Pollock - drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals

Anthony Meade - horn composition, trombone
Cory Palacios - trumpet 
Alex Misar - saxophone
Ian Christensen - Saxophone 

Luke Ydstie - bass
Ian Millhollen - bass

Lily Breshears - vocals, backing vocal composition
Jeff Evans - backing vocals

Assistant Engineer at Sonic Ranch: Mario Ramirez.

Recorded at Fortress Galaxy in Portland, OR, and Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, TX.

Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk at Stereophonic Mastering, Portland OR.

Temple Moon Desire album Artwork by: Jodie Beechem 
Cover T-shirt artwork by: Shannon Kidd
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Heller High Water Records