ARTiST: Matt Joe Gow & The Dead Leaves
TiTLE: The Messenger
LABEL: =D
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 42:01 min
SiZE: 55,7 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Jul-18-2009
RELEASE DATE: Jul-18-2009
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
01. Come To Mama She Say 03:13
02. Come What May 04:20
03. At The Bar 03:15
04. The Light 03:40
05. Steady Life 03:37
06. Land Is Burning 04:23
07. Things Fall Apart 04:14
08. At The Seams 04:11
09. I Let You Be 03:50
10. It's Not Hard 03:36
11. Up On The Hill 03:42
Release Notes:
There are a few key qualities that the discerning
music lover scrutinises when appraising a new
artist. A very few artists wield so much charisma
that they can sellyou just about anything before
you've realised what's happened. Matt Joe Gow has
the charisma to be one of those artists - but he
isn't. Matt prefers to concentrateon the conviction,
on writing and delivering songs that look you
straight in the eye. You don't have to listen to
more than thirty seconds of Matt and his band the
Deadleaves' debut LP The Messenger to appreciate
that. The deep quaver in his voice leaps out of
opening track Come To Mama (She Say) like an arrow,
both graceful andinexorable.Though he grew up in
Dunedin, a town of impeccable musical pedigree, Matt
sought further edification abroad - Asia, Europe,
and, of course, America, home to hismusical heroes -
Johnny Cash, Gram Parsons, Steve Young, Jeff
Tweedy..And then along came alt country, bands like
The Jayhawks and Whiskeytown reaffirming Matt's
faith in the left-field country music he'd loved
since he was a child.Matt decided to heed the many
recommendations he'd received to "take music more
seriously" (and realised that he wasn't much good at
anything else), moved toMelbourne and put together a
band - The Dead Leaves.Fortunately (or was it
something more designed?) for Matt and The Dead
Leaves, they crossed paths with one of only a
handful of producers that truly understand suchnoble
motivations. Nash Chambers excels at tearing the
heart out of a great live band and pinning it
proudly on their record sleeve - where it should be.
And he has anuncanny ability to tap into the very
soul of country music, the same one that inspired so
many of Matt's heroes.