Recording sessions from Mattie's bus at Oakleigh in Santa Barbara California

Melodic piano with lo-fi organ, lush synths and strings, ukelele and off-kilter electric guitar, yamaha portasound, chinese toy piano, scratchy rhythms and a great effect called band-pass filter. 

The lyrics ponder the meaning of dreams, storylines of 1940s movies, kamikaze pilots and journeys to Siberia.

New EP: North Star out on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1H59UVk6cXQqglgsSvuJNS?si=ljQppbWfQEqu5WY4UtTICg

Castle Chorus is Edinburgh's folk and roots community choir. Founded in 2015, we welcome everyone to sing with us. We perform a variety of traditional through to contemporary music from around the world and collaborate with songwriters in Edinburgh.

Contact mattstockl@hotmail.co.uk

Daft songs. Grubby recordings.
 
“Incredibly elegant and creatively insightful lyrics…delivers something standout amongst the thousands of other acoustic guitar singer songwriters.” Linda Serck, BBC Introducing
 
“Smart, engaging songwriting.”  - Lach's Songwriter's Cellar
 
“Matt Stockl's Charm is his delectable way with words, demonstrating on first encounter his musical out-pouring. It was clear to me that his creativity towards writing flowed naturally, giving us an array of poetical, hypnotising, witty and thought provoking lyrics. His words sustained a lingering resonance through his projection of song...from the word go I was pulled into the sea of words Matt provided...”   - Miff Morris, New Hellfire Club Glasgow
 
“Matt Stockl continues to charm his audiences with soulful and somewhat strange musical outpourings”  - thisisfeast.co.uk
 
“Poetic, throwaway vocals.”  Jack Hepplewhite, Mr. Blind Pig Promotions
 
“I have been told that it is quite rude to compare singers to other singers.  And to be honest, if it wasn't rude to do so, I'm not sure I would anyway.  Because I couldn't.  His dulcet tones, off-beat tunes and poetic lyrics have intoxicated me.” Music blog, ‘Life of Lu’

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