sep. 2020

Taken from the album "Chorus." Out now on Slumberland Records.

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Philadelphia, PA’s Literature features Kevin Attics, Nathaniel Cardaci, Chris Schackerman, and Seth Whaland. Attics, who’d written for numerous music trades as a teen, met Cardaci and Whaland at the house venue they both operated in Austin, TX. Cardaci and Whaland each ran small imprint labels and, a million adventures later, the trio decided to form a band. Upon moving to Philadelphia the group befriended Schackerman who also joined the fold. 

In 2012, following a well-received single and a track on Gerard Cosloy’s “Casual Victim Pile II” compilation they released their debut album, "Arab Spring," which became a cult hit within the indiepop community. That album is sharp and immediate, almost mod-ish in its attack, but always tuneful and going for melody where it counts. They toured the US in support, and have performed with the likes of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Eternal Summers, Ted Leo, Sic Alps, White Fence, Gentlemen Jesse, Hospitality, and Brown Recluse. They also appeared on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic.

In 2013 they released a follow-up 7”, “Tie Dye” and contributed a track to Esopus Magazine alongside artists like Jens Lekman and The Shins. They also played at that year’s NYC Popfest, which helped cement the buzz that was steadily growing amongst savvy pop fans. "Arab Spring" was treated to a re-mastered re-press, which followed the first pressing and quickly sold out.

Autumn of 2013 saw the band begin work on their second album, "Chorus," with lauded engineer Gary Olson (whose body of work includes records by Crystal Stilts, Mad Scene and The Beets) at his Marlborough Farms studio in Brooklyn, NY. As a beautiful autumn turned into one of the harshest winters in recent memory, Olson and the band began stretching out, enhancing the album with studio techniques dating back to the late 60s including true-tape flanging, sending vocals through Leslie speaker cabinets, and the same analog style of automatic double-tracking created at Abbey Road Studios.

The result is an album that is as immediate as it is timeless, full of effortlessly catchy and well-crafted tunes that echo pop legends like Smiths and Orange Juice. All of that time in the studio has resulted in a rich, considered sound that puts the band's arranging and playing front and center. "Chorus" is one of the most exciting pop records in years, and marks Literature at true contenders.

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little exclusive track for 8bitLA's Chiptune Tribute to The Smell compilation

carefully

from the album 'bad contestant', available on signed vinyl here www.matt-maltese.com

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Produced by Hugo White
Engineered by Jag Jago / Laurie Latham 
Mixed by Jag Jago 

Piano/Voice - Matt Maltese
Drums - Jamie Morrison
Bass - Harry Bohay
Guitar - James Donovan, Hugo White

Recorded at The Drugstore & Helicon Mountain Studios

As The World Caves In

Suburban Light (Remastered)

Reflections After Jane

Chess

I was just about to walk out the house and I catch the food smokin
usually I don't forget. So I grab the towel and I wave the smoke around
I tie my shoes and I try to leave the house

And when I find the keys I close the door
And then I get outside. There's a man
He's walking up and down the platform
Up and down up and down
up and down the platform bla bla
waiting for the 12 o'clock train
I wonder what he's thinking about
and so does everybody else
but nobody wants to ask 
so we all stay quiet

Up and down the platform
up n down up n down
x666

up + down

Why Am I Fucking Living?

Skinny Dip

im depressed

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Jura (Quarantine Recording)

Orca

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