MP3 Matt Batey - The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
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Matt Batey's debut EP is a lush soundscape of acoustic indie pop powered by a flawless sense of melody and spot-on vocal harmony that represents all the good things the post-nineties Seattle scene strives to achieve.
9 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Folk Rock, EASY LISTENING: Crooners/Vocals
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One of the biggest keys to an artistâs success is arriving on the scene in a timely fashion. Those incapable of arriving on time, those perpetually late party crashers, tend to rely on eye-catching bravado and extra pieces of flair to make up for the fact that the party already started, and the line is two blocks long. Well, folks, I am proud to announce that Matt Batey, sans bravado of any kind, has been at the party for quite some time, and heâs not going anywhere until everyone in the room knows who he is.
With a release as strong as Bateyâs âThe Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,â it wonât be very long before eyes start looking his way. The album is a lush soundscape of acoustic indie pop powered by a flawless sense of melody and spot-on vocal harmony that represents all the good things the post-nineties Seattle scene strives to achieve. This is saying quite a bit, considering that for almost all of the nine tracks that comprise this record, the only instrument to support Bateyâs floating harmonies is an acoustic guitar.
On his MySpace page (www.myspace.com/mattbatey), Batey laments, âThere is a Band-Shaped Voidâ in his heart, yet this is not the case for our ears, as the very attentive production of the record does a wonderful job of filling out the sound of every song in a distinctive way. For instance, there are some very cool vocal tricks employed on the tracks âIn Your Hands,â and âOutro,â that lend a digital quality to the songs that offset their pseudo-folk nature.
But it is the little things in the recordâs production that make the album strong. The guitars are beautifully rendered to sound like youâre in the room with them, yet in no way do they encroach on the presence of Bateyâs vocal performance. Songs like âStopping and Going,â masterfully balance the interaction between Batey and his guitar, making the songâs brevity somewhat regrettable.
Indeed, brevity seems to be an operating guideline for this collection. Only one song crawls above four minutes (âPontiac Fiero,â a very poetic opening number, which the asks the question âWhere do we begin to believe in something other than the weakness in our knees?â), and the record only clocks in at 23 minutes and change. If anything, the length of this EP works to Bateyâs advantage, since it can only be a good thing when a listener is left wanting more.
9 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Folk Rock, EASY LISTENING: Crooners/Vocals
Details:
One of the biggest keys to an artistâs success is arriving on the scene in a timely fashion. Those incapable of arriving on time, those perpetually late party crashers, tend to rely on eye-catching bravado and extra pieces of flair to make up for the fact that the party already started, and the line is two blocks long. Well, folks, I am proud to announce that Matt Batey, sans bravado of any kind, has been at the party for quite some time, and heâs not going anywhere until everyone in the room knows who he is.
With a release as strong as Bateyâs âThe Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,â it wonât be very long before eyes start looking his way. The album is a lush soundscape of acoustic indie pop powered by a flawless sense of melody and spot-on vocal harmony that represents all the good things the post-nineties Seattle scene strives to achieve. This is saying quite a bit, considering that for almost all of the nine tracks that comprise this record, the only instrument to support Bateyâs floating harmonies is an acoustic guitar.
On his MySpace page (www.myspace.com/mattbatey), Batey laments, âThere is a Band-Shaped Voidâ in his heart, yet this is not the case for our ears, as the very attentive production of the record does a wonderful job of filling out the sound of every song in a distinctive way. For instance, there are some very cool vocal tricks employed on the tracks âIn Your Hands,â and âOutro,â that lend a digital quality to the songs that offset their pseudo-folk nature.
But it is the little things in the recordâs production that make the album strong. The guitars are beautifully rendered to sound like youâre in the room with them, yet in no way do they encroach on the presence of Bateyâs vocal performance. Songs like âStopping and Going,â masterfully balance the interaction between Batey and his guitar, making the songâs brevity somewhat regrettable.
Indeed, brevity seems to be an operating guideline for this collection. Only one song crawls above four minutes (âPontiac Fiero,â a very poetic opening number, which the asks the question âWhere do we begin to believe in something other than the weakness in our knees?â), and the record only clocks in at 23 minutes and change. If anything, the length of this EP works to Bateyâs advantage, since it can only be a good thing when a listener is left wanting more.
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