Mattski is a righteous sea-breeze of evocative, hook-filled, sometimes foot-stomping, sometimes reflective tunes. Proudly original, his music stomps, hollers, grooves and cajoles from a deep and stark sense of place and myriad questions about tomorrow.
It’s a trip to the Mississippi delta via Jamaica, through the rich jungle of acoustic funk, around the culs-de-sac of punky self sufficiency and folk ethos; planted in salt water, run through Mallee scrub and left to mature taking in the many moods of the Southern Ocean.
Mattski is profoundly influenced by a sense of place – from the sand between our toes to dusty inland highways and the lapping of an ocean on the beach, to a dark corner of a bar or a morning café table. It’s music of contradictions – sophisticated lyrics, solos, riffs and hooks fused with deep grooves and a whole lot of dirt under the fingernails!
Debut release Ramshackle Beach is filled with questions, evocative notes, slide guitar growls and sweet acoustic melodies with a range of textures and moods; from the mellow to that of the Wounded Elk Blues.
The theme is refined on Horizon For A Friend, which is filled with hooks, dynamics, thoughtful lines and a train-like rootsy momentum. The guitar playing is at times sweet and at times searing; with deep resonator stomp blues meeting sweet solo reggae and flat out acoustic wizardry that has wowed audiences in bars, cafes, festivals, surf clubs and more!
To some, it’s “kick arse blues”. To some, it’s “really slaying it up there”. To some, it’s “amazing songs…you wrote those?” To some, it’s “really grooving”. To many, it’s easy to dance to. To all, it’s one man, a voice full of soul, righteous lyrics, three guitars, a home-made stomp box, home-made tunes and a whole lot of live power…just waiting to be let loose.
See more at www.mattski.com.au

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