Blogovision 2020, no.02: Scott Matthew - Adorned

 

I no longer can rely

On a friend who once kept me alive

And you won't see me take a stand

'cause I'm not special but it helped to know that some one thinks I am

And god its weird

God its strange

To be the only one 

To talk to

God its weird

And god its strange

To be the only one 

To dance with

Lyrics from Abandoned by Scott Matthew, from his album Adorned

Blogovision 2018 no.04: Scott Matthew - Ode To Others

We resist even though the abyss may compel us to stray

We take stance none of these lies make sense

While they pray hate we'll say

Love, oh sweet love

Oh sweet love

May you guide us today

Lyrics from End Of Days by Scott Matthew, from his album Ode To Others

Blogovision/My top-20 albums of the year - no.09: Scott Matthew - This Here Defeat

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.

Lyrics from Skyline by Scott Matthew, from the album This Here Defeat

Top-20 Albums of 2013, no.11: Scott Matthew - Unlearned

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.

no.12: Phosphorescent - Muchacho
no.13: Laura Mvula - Sing For The Moon
no.14: The Ballet - I Blame Society
no.15: Son Lux - Lanterns
no.16: Gustaf Spetz - Saknaden
no.17: Daughter - If You Leave
no.18: Larry Gus - Years Not Living
no.19: Pan Pan - Missing Two Trains On Purpose 
no.20: inc. - No World

Top-20 countdown - no.13

Scott Matthew - Gallantry's Favorite Son

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