Does anyone wanna leave this place, c'mon go underground without a sound, c'mon let skylines change the headlines blame with blood it stains don't we feel the same? can anyone piece my friends back together if you stitch your head to my shoulder you can cry upon it.
Scott Matthew is very dear and precious to me, like few artists are. His music and lyrics always go under my skin, deep inside my soul and have a profound effect on me, my thoughts, my mood, my thinking. So what happens when he puts out a record full of covers? Does it still work the same miracle on me? Is it still as exciting, moving, emotional, heartbreakingly beautiful as his own songs are? The answer is a loud yes! It is incredible how he assimilates each and every song from such diverse artists, from Whitney Houston's Dance With Somebody, to Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart. He makes them his own, keeping their artistic integrity intact but at the same time infusing them with his own spirit and creativity.
Third album for one of my favourite Aussies. Scott, an old fashioned gentleman if there ever was one in the current music scene, sounds happier in this record, more uplifting than ever. He sounds content, though still that eerie melancholia that characterizes his work is unmistakably here. Love, loss, loneliness, ghosts are very much alive and well. And that voice... oh that voice. For me he currently has the best male voice around. He sounds nonchalantly sexy and lonely. And that is a dangerously attractive combination.
So far:
14. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
15. Patrick Wolf - Lupercalia
16. Gotye - Making Mirrors
17. Austra - Feel It Break
18. Soley - We Sink
19. Cat's Eyes - Cat's Eyes
20. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
