ARTIST: Eric Matthews
TITLE: Six Kinds of Passion Looking For an Exit
LABEL: Empyrean
GENRE: Slow Rock
TIME: 33:55 min
SIZE: 50,7 MB
RIP DATE: Mar-16-2005
RELEASE DATE: Mar-01-2005
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Worthy 04:03
02. So Overblown 06:06
03. Cardinal Is More 06:04
04. Underground Song 05:35
05. Do You Really Want It? 03:56
06. You Will Be Happy 06:11
07. Black To Light Brown 02:00
Release Notes:
Although this occasion -- the release of seven songs
more than seven years after his last full release --
may not constitute a full triumph for followers of
Eric Matthews, they can console themselves with the
fact that the singular singer/arranger has changed
very little in the interim. The mini-LP Six Kinds of
Passion Looking for an Exit is a deeply confessional
record, both in theme and in content. He downplays
both the use of brass and emphatic arrangements from
his first two records, relying largely on acoustic
guitar and breathy double-tracked vocals to create
an atmosphere of studied tranquility. The opener,
"Worthy," and closer, "Black to Light Brown," are
the only two songs featuring outside involvement,
and also the only ones to evoke the baroque splendor
of "Fanfare," his most popular song. Elsewhere
Matthews makes a direct, oddly conversational
apology to former collaborator Richard Davies on
"Cardinal Is More." Like the return of Jason
Falkner, another of his former companions, for the
EP Bliss Descending, Eric Matthews' third record is
a very muted return to past glories.