Name: Washed in the Tide by Prettier Than Matt
Duration: 4 min
Description: A song based a book by C Hope Clark called "Edge of Edisto." The song is from the perspective of a character that has accepted things about to change forever and she's enjoying her last little bit of time before it all changes.

buy/stream: https://ngaiire.lnk.to/closer
New album 3 out Friday 27 August.

LYRICS:
Verse 1:
In the summer
Meet you on the corner street
Sweat on your shoulders
You lean in to say to me
I just wanna kiss you
Every second miss you
Come in get closer 

Verse 2:
Who knows what tomorrow brings
Don’t wanna take cover
Who cares if tomorrow stings
Just wanna kiss you
I just wanna kiss you
Every second miss you
Come in get closer  

Chorus:
Don’t come here unless you love me like I do
Don’t come here unless you love me
Don’t come here unless you love me like I do
Don’t come here unless you love me 

Verse 3:
Love is a mountain
Just take me up to the peak
I’m yours I surrender  
Just want you to say to me
Don’t wanna lose ya 

Verse 4:
I don’t wanna lose you
Every second choose you
Come in get closer 

Chorus:
Don’t come here unless you love me like I do
Don’t come here unless you love me
Don’t come here unless you love me like I do
Don’t come here unless you love me

Closer

The Seize

Retrospect

The Other Side of the World

A song based a book by C Hope Clark called "Edge of Edisto." The song is from the perspective of a character that has accepted things about to change forever and she's enjoying her last little bit of time before it all changes. 

Washed in the Tide

If Prettier Than Matt has a motto that describes them best, it is diversity and versatility combined with musical ability. The likeable duo have made a name for themselves in the Carolinas with a mixture of rock 'n' roll energy and acoustic accessibility that allows them to play in many different places, events, and situations and still appeal to a wide audience. They're Americana, pop, rock, and more on the newly released album Better Left Said, which features lead single “Anymore.”

Credit the varied musical taste of singer/keyboard/ukulele player Jessica Skinner and guitarist/singer Jeff Pitts as the source of their chemistry together on stage. Skinner is influenced by classic country females such as Dolly Parton, but also aware of the contemporary pop styles of Ingrid Michaelson and others. Pitts counts the arena rock/pop leanings of Bon Jovi and heavier acts such as Metallica in his wheelhouse. The result? They can play a rock club or a coffeehouse and deliver virtually the same set of upbeat originals and artfully done cover tunes.

Better Left Said was recorded with Kenny McWilliams in Columbia, South Carolina's Archer Avenue studio, taking a batch of new compositions and pairing them with new takes on several songs from previous recordings. The album presents a mature songwriting duo with a true sense of what they want to say, which is a lot.

The folk-Americana sounding opener “Anymore” uses a gently plucked rhythm as the vehicle for a lament over a past relationship that also includes serious self-reflection anyone in those shoes can relate to, while “Already Gone” isn't the Eagles classic but a similarly singable verse and chorus, the kind of country hit Martina McBride used to score with regularity on the charts.

Skinner's playful nature comes to the forefront on “The La La Song,” a natural sing-along with what sounds like a studio full of guests on the chorus, while Pitts takes lead vocals on a pair of tracks, the eulogy to a father “Taken Away” and “Did You?”. “Girl” adds a piano and strings for a contemporary ballad style, and “Run” adds some powerful electric guitars; both tunes show the duo is capable of much more than just pretty acoustic pop.

Prettier Than Matt is a self-contained DIY effort with Pitts and Skinner handling their own booking and management; on their own they have been able to mount cross-country tours the last several years and play shows with Sister Hazel, G. Love and Special Sauce, Danielle Howle, and others. If they haven't been to your town yet, it won't be long.

Washed in the Tide

Prettier Than Matt

Related tracks