Organic, vocally-driven mood rock. You know after a long day that maybe wasn't so great? You get in your car and turn on just the right song and all the stress goes out of you and your mind sort of empties? Yeah, kinda like that.

14 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Rock & Roll, ROCK: Americana



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Hailed as âextremely musicalâ by Chris Douridas (acclaimed DJ and Music Supervisor (American Beauty, One Hour Photo, Shrek 2)), Maddenâs songs have not only been played on Los Angelesâ influential KCRW and KLOS, but also on Santa Barbaraâs major radio stations KTYD and KJEE. In addition, college radio across the nation has embraced his sound. Michael Davis (General Manager for WUSM, The University of Southern Mississippiâs radio station) called Madden a âgreat songwriterâ and his single âScribbledownâ went to number one out of almost 8,000 songs on garageband.com.

The marked change with Donât Come Back Too Small (DCBTS), Maddenâs latest full-length release, is his own role in the studio. With help from a talented pool of guest musicians (and major film scoring talent Bruce Winter (Deadwood, The Princess and the Warrior, Iron Jawed Angels)), Madden was responsible for the sound of the album (from engineering to production and mixing). These recordings call to mind a more textural and experimental soundscape than any he has previously attempted. Aside from Donât Come Back Too Small, he produced and engineered two thirds of the the Corporate Nightmare release Skin and Light by The White Fires of Venus, and is currently recording CNRâs latest signing , Kinothek, and their promising debut (think if The Killers met the Cure wearing My Morning Jackets).

Inspired by such envelope pushing artists as Wilco and Death Cab for Cutie, and their often unconventional recording techniques, everything from living room recordings and more fleshed out studio recordings were used. As always, the 14 songs on DCBTS feature Maddenâs vocally driven style, previously compared to Nada Surf, Neil Young and Ben Kweller.

From Madden's earliest musical goal (to be a singing drummer, like The Bandâs Levon Helm) to stepping out from behind the drums for the guitar and the strange chords and arpeggios waiting to be discovered there, heâs always excited about the next thing. For now, DCBTS is it. Hope you find something in there.