Literate song cycle meets documentary, with more than a little sardonic wit added for seasoning.

17 MP3 Songs in this album (54:10) !
Related styles: FOLK: Alternative Folk, ROCK: Modern Rock

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'February,' the new album from art-pop wizard the matthew show, lands at the intersection of documentary, monograph, and classic pop.

Frustrated by the state of life, both his and those of his friends, matthew studied the nature of hope, disappointment, and ugly truth, using interviews and introspection in pursuit of George Orwell's "power of facing unpleasant facts."

What emerged is a portrait of five people, each at a critical point in life, asking the question, "Is this all there is?" Interview snippets are accompanied by matthew's bittersweet original compositions, as lives are explored in word and song around a trashcan campfire. With help from a stellar cast of musicians, the matthew show has crafted an album that engages, enlightens, and entertains -- and paints a vivid, unflinching picture of life in progress.