Myth of Myself (A Ruse to Exploit Our Weaknesses)

Lived In Bars

Don't Swallow The Cap (The National)

I know I should’ve seen the signs. They kept on saying, “It’ll turn out fine.
That’s the price you pay, when your resume
Doesn’t really say what’s in your heart.
Nobody else had a clue, none of them told me, or acted like they knew.
It was full-steam ahead, make a living, earn that bread.
Walking through the motions, play the part.
That, my friends, is the legend of Scott

I thought I was right on track. Full-steam ahead, there’s no going back.
There were ups and downs, but I always found
A place on holy ground that hit the spot.
Just play your role, be a friend, don’t take a chance, and dear God, don’t offend.
There were baby steps, but most the time, they slept,
Never get specific, never hot.
That, my friends, is the legend of Scott

Guess you can say I survived. I went into battle, and I came out alive.
And this song I sing doesn’t change a thing.
I’ll be clinging tight to what I’ve got.
Maybe my time’s not yet up. Maybe I still have a drink from that cup.
Gotta keep on tryin’, it’ll turn out fine.
Maybe I have figured out what’s what.
That, my friends, is the legend of Scott

Legend of Scott

From 'Brightly Painted One', released May 2014.

Straw Into Gold

Damien Jurado - Little Jackson (TUMBLEDOWN ost)

Matermathu's debut record is streaming here! 

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Brick City Blues

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Laura Gibson - La Grande

From the album 'La Grande', out now on <a href="http://www.cityslang.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow">City Slang</a>.

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Laura Gibson - The Fire

Mighty Oaks - Picture

After appearing alongside Clint Mansell and Philip Glass on the soundtrack for Park Chan-Wook's recent psychological thriller Stoker, Emily Wells prepares to release her latest album and single.

Album ‘Mama’ (out June 3rd via Partisan) combines subtle hip-hop inflections and wide-ranging sounds with Emily’s distinctive feline vocals, creating a record that is simultaneously light & delicate with a bold punch of personality.

Contrasting with the heavy layering and electronics of the original, the European version of ‘Mama’ sees Wells re-imagining the entire record acoustically for a second disc and mirror version. These fresh renditions of an already unique record are stunningly austere, recorded solely with voice and guitar. Emily Wells has stripped off her own armour, leaving only her crystalline voice and equally unambiguous songwriting on display.

String-laden single ‘Passenger’ is released on April 29th. Its noir-ish tone is cinematic in its scope - a song that becomes a real focal point of Mama.

Watch the video for ‘Passenger’ here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXAaPvVaZDQ

From the start of her career, Wells’ musical interests were simply too wide ranging for just one instrument. Trained as a classical violinist, the Texan soon created her own sonic “spaceship,” an ever-growing pulsating arsenal of synthesizers, effects pedals and toy instruments, all tied together with live sampling and a genre-agnostic approach that is diverse, distinctive, and utterly her own. Honing her sound on a series of independent releases, including an acclaimed cover of The Notorious B.I.G.’s classic ‘Juicy’, it was these initial glimpses and the countless live dates both as bandleader and solo performer that carved out the musician she has become today.

The female singer-songwriter stable may be packed with unique voices and varying degrees of talent, but Emily Wells is an artist whose innate complexities lift her out of that particular stable and into a realm all of her own.


Lived In Bars

David Barré