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Mountain In The Sky

This album explores a variety of emotions including determination, frustration, infatuation, and depression through a tasteful blend of both organic and electronic sounds. Sonically and literally, "Please, Respond" tells a story that is sure to reach the lives of anyone who has ever experienced heartbreak or rejection in the past.

CREDITS:

all songs written, performed and produced by // matt van
additional piano and vocals // lewis knudsen (lewisknudsen.com)
recorded at // matt van’s parents’ basement
album artwork // nick lennon (itsnicknotjohn.com)
for more original music visit // mattvanmusic.com

©2016 matt van. all rights reserved. 

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One Of These Days

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From Within

When making this song I didn’t know what I wanted it to be really or the direction; I had just opened up my DAW and started playing around with this beautiful sound on my piano and decided to just record what I play. No quantization or structure in mind at first I just played how I felt and wanted to make myself feel chills and nostalgia. Instead of doing crazy layering or a crazy bass drop I thought it’d be nice to have a stripped down song easy to get lost in and just enjoy without any crazy technical sound design. After I added the second part with the drums and finished the song I decided to leave it as is and like I said it’s very stripped down and simple but it still made me feel so much, and now I catch myself enjoying minimalism rather than over layering or compensating in every aspect of my life. Instead of having too much to focus on why not have stand out pieces in your home, or those few pieces of clothing in your closet that fit whatever the occasion. Same thing with this song; having something bare and very sounds allowed me to concentrate on the “feeling” and that’s why I called it minimalism.

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Minimalism

Michael (from Half an Orange) wrote the lyrics to this song (Stems) while living in Rio de Janeiro Brazil for a year. Here is his story on how he wrote the lyrics:

"I went to a party hosted by a trap house. The house was this old mansion that in its prime must have been beautiful. The house was falling apart and slowly dying. At the party I saw a lot of young people addicted to drugs. They, like the house, were withering away. The experience really shook me so I walked home on the beach with my girlfriend in silence. When we got home I couldn't sleep. I wrote Stems as a poem based on what I had seen that night to help calm myself down. When I moved back to the United States Andrew and I turned it into this song for a new duo we had just started called Half an Orange."

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Lyrics:

We gotta go, we gotta, we gotta go right now.
If we don’t make it then the sun will never come around.
And I don’t know if I can sing so very loud,
but the chords will help me share this with the crowd.

I had diamonds in my hand
but I lost some in the sand.
Spent some time looking for them.
Rolled the rest smoked them like stems.

Take me to a time when I thought that 
my life would be simple.
Take me to a time when I thought that 
my life would be rolling stems.

I’m breaking out, I’m breaking, I’m breaking out alive.
If you don't make it I will see you on the other side.
And I don’t know if I can scream so very loud,
but this chorus will help me share this with the crowd.

I had diamonds in my hand
but I lost some in the sand.
Spent some time looking for them.
Rolled the rest smoked them like stems.

Take me to a time when I thought that 
my life would be simple.
Take me to a time when I thought that 
my life would be rolling stems.

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Stems (Acoustic)

Acoustic version of "One Less Star" by Direct, Killabyte, and Matt Van.

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LYRICS:

I wished upon a star last night and thought of you
But it must have been a dream ‘cause you’re not here
I’ve never been one to believe in fairytales or fantasy
But perhaps it’s time for a change of mind
I guess there’s a first for everything, oh

We fell in love, we had our fun
You always had enough dreams for both of us
I wonder what would come of us
If we could trade these ends for beginnings
I’m drinking from an empty cup
The hardest part of young love was growing up
It’s not enough to fill me up
‘Cause now there’s one less star in the city

Now there’s one less star in the city
Now there’s one less star in the city

I saw a shooting star last night and thought of you
But I woke up from a dream, and you’re not here

We fell in love, we had our fun
You always had enough dreams for both of us
I wonder what would come of us
‘Cause now there’s one less star in the city

‘Cause now there’s one less star in the city

We fell in love, we had our fun
You always had enough dreams for both of us
I wonder what would come of us
If we could trade these ends for beginnings
I’m drinking from an empty cup
The hardest part of young love was growing up
It’s not enough to fill me up
‘Cause now there’s one less star in the city

I can’t keep living without you
But I’ll wait and someday, I’ll join you in the stars
But for now I can’t keep thinking about you
‘Cause I Can’t find my way
‘Cause now there’s one less star in the city

I can’t keep living without you
But I’ll wait and someday, I’ll join you in the stars
But for now I can’t keep thinking about you
‘Cause I Can’t find my way
‘Cause now there’s one less star in the city


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twenty one pilots - chlorine (PRXZM cover)

the 4th installment in our weekly quarantine cover series! 
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Chlorine (PRXZM Cover)

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