Bruisable Heart, by Matt York

Bruisable Heart

by Matt York

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1.	I Got Nothing 02:52	buy track
2.	Permanent Crush 03:03	buy track
3.	Love You Patiently 03:24	buy track
4.	Bruisable Heart 03:17	buy track
5.	I Lost My Baby to the Needle 03:00	buy track
6.	Feels Like Home 04:13	buy track
7.	Marry You 02:49	buy track
8.	I'm Never Unsure, I Just Keep Moving 03:13	buy track
9.	What the Winter Will Bring 02:55	buy track
10.	Going Crazy 02:32	buy track

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This is my new album and it’s called Bruisable Heart. I have absolutely no idea what kind of music it is. I perform the vast majority of gigs as a solo acoustic act. There are a few tracks on here that are very stripped down and there are others that are essentially rock n roll songs. My heroes are not just the Springsteens and Dylans of the songwriting world, but also Townes, Willie, Steve Earle and Billy Joe Shaver. People that have seen me perform live, would likely tell you that I sound more country and more twangy in that environment than on this album. I’d agree with that. Ultimately though, these are sad songs with a lot of minor chords, seventh chords and dissonance.

I’ve received some good press for my previous albums and I’m very grateful for that. This album, is the one I’ve been trying to make all along though. It was recorded in a basement studio in Jamaica Plain. It was produced and engineered by the excellent Thomas Wenzl. It was the most hands on I’ve been recording and making a record.

Townes Van Zandt was once asked why all his songs were so sad and he replied “they aren’t all sad, some of them are about hopelessness”. There’s a lot of that here but there are also glimmers of hope and love mixed in.

I hope you’ll take a listen.

credits

released June 4, 2019

Produced by Thomas Wenzl at Bitch Kitty Studios in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

All songs written by Matt York

All vocals, guitars, electric bass and piano by Matt York

Drums and percussion by Tim Dinneen

Standup bass: David Goodchild

Fiddle by: Zach Ivy

Mastering done at Sage Audio in Nashville, Tennessee

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Matt York Boston, Massachusetts

Jed Gottlieb of the Boston Herald says, "You have to have smarts and heart to turn the same three chords Buddy Holly used into something fresh. On Matt York’s “Boston, Texas,” the singer-songwriter uses basic building blocks — Holly’s chords, Hank Williams’ swagger, Steve Earle’s boozy wisdom, Paul Westerberg’s straight-up-drunk wisdom — to construct an album of beauty, optimism and heartbreak". ... more

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