Saw him at Glastonbury on Sunday lunchtime, which was kind of the perfect time for that music. Enjoyed it, like I enjoy the album, but it reinforced my feeling that he just lacks presence in some weird way.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link
New album on First Listen: http://www.npr.org/2015/03/01/388512027/first-listen-matthew-e-white-fresh-blood
― Benjamin-, Monday, 2 March 2015 06:27 (nine years ago) link
Really enjoying the new album. First time he's come across my radar - assume the first LP is worth checking out too?
― groovypanda, Monday, 30 March 2015 13:20 (nine years ago) link
i like the first one much more
― call all destroyer, Monday, 30 March 2015 13:37 (nine years ago) link
The songs are much stronger on the first one, I listened to this a couple of times but have wanted to go back to the Natalie Prass record much more.
― Matt DC, Monday, 30 March 2015 14:20 (nine years ago) link
the new one is a lot more...baroque. the best thing about the first one was that the songs themselves were pretty straightforward and had a dual lineage of 70s soul and 70s singer/songwriter pop that worked well together and allowed the arrangements to shine. i hear a lot more 60s AM pop in the new one and both the songs and arrangements have gotten very fussy.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 30 March 2015 14:25 (nine years ago) link
new one out
― just sayin, Monday, 13 September 2021 08:46 (two years ago) link
I've long been meaning to check this guy out, reading about a lot of funk influence with this one and I like the little map of influences on his website. Is this a decent place to start?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 13 September 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
I decided to indeed start with the new one, listening to it now. There are so many reasons why this feels like something I would hate, but I kinda like it?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 November 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link