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Matt Walters has featured with the beautiful Megan Washington, toured with the likes of Ed Kolawotsit, and Gyspy & The Cat, and climbed mountains of great magnitude… now Matt has released his stellar debut album Farewell Youth.
It took exactly one album for Matt Walters to come full circle. For two years the Melbourne singer-songwriter has been honing this long-awaited debut at gigs, in hotel rooms and in his head, seizing inspiration then second-guessing himself through countless demos and studio sessions.
FAREWELL YOUTH marks the end of all that, while taking him back to the spark that first lit his musical path.
Conversation is the one Matt famously strummed for Mercury Records A&R head Peter Karpin at a chance encounter in Melbourne a few years ago. In a first for both of them, he was signed on the spot.
The exquisitely languid ode to innocence, Horses, is another that came ready-made to the sessions at McKercher's Electric Avenue studios in Sydney last winter. It was produced by Francois Tetaz (Gotye, Bertie Blackman) and co-written and sung by Nashville artist Kim Richey, who Matt befriended after hearing her on Ryan Adams' Come Pick Me Up.
Another of the older songs is Sleeping In New York, which was produced by Scott Horscroft (Little Red, The Panics), and contains a key line that almost seems like an affirmation of the reckless spirit of youth that informs the rest of the album: "This is your life and it's passing so carelessly."
It took exactly one album for Matt Walters to come full circle. For two years the Melbourne singer-songwriter has been honing this long-awaited debut at gigs, in hotel rooms and in his head, seizing inspiration then second-guessing himself through countless demos and studio sessions.
FAREWELL YOUTH marks the end of all that, while taking him back to the spark that first lit his musical path.
Conversation is the one Matt famously strummed for Mercury Records A&R head Peter Karpin at a chance encounter in Melbourne a few years ago. In a first for both of them, he was signed on the spot.
The exquisitely languid ode to innocence, Horses, is another that came ready-made to the sessions at McKercher's Electric Avenue studios in Sydney last winter. It was produced by Francois Tetaz (Gotye, Bertie Blackman) and co-written and sung by Nashville artist Kim Richey, who Matt befriended after hearing her on Ryan Adams' Come Pick Me Up.
Another of the older songs is Sleeping In New York, which was produced by Scott Horscroft (Little Red, The Panics), and contains a key line that almost seems like an affirmation of the reckless spirit of youth that informs the rest of the album: "This is your life and it's passing so carelessly."
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Farewell Youth - Track Listing
Disc 1
- 01. Today Play $1.65 Buy
- 02. Midnight Calling Play $1.65 Buy
- 03. Dark Days Play $1.65 Buy
- 04. St Peter's Gate Play $1.65 Buy
- 05. I Would Die For You Play $1.65 Buy
- 06. Sleeping In New York Play $1.65 Buy
- 07. Horses Play $1.65 Buy
- 08. Conversation Play $1.65 Buy
- 09. Years Ago Play $1.65 Buy
- 10. Never Be Alone Play $1.65 Buy
- 11. Today (Reprise) Play $1.65 Buy
- 12. The First Time Play $1.65 Buy
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FAREWELL YOUTH, the debut album for Melbourne singer-songwriter Matt Walters, feels like a relaxed, slightly contemplative Sunday afternoon, reflecting on the week just passed, and preparing for the week to follow.
Ironically, 25-year-old Walters, having commented on the stress and hardships he endured between the ages of 15 and 20, has released an album communicating both the complexities and trivialities life daily throws at us, although does so in a sentimental, gentle manner – with songs featured on the CD having been both recorded live and in-studio.
"I personally put myself through a lot of negative stuff with issues like substance abuse. I dropped out of uni and worked full-time before I realised I was interested in being a songwriter. It’s been an incredible journey so far, though,” Walters explains. “I’m 25 now so I’m extremely comfortable in my own skin.”
Adding further dimension to this (justifiably) long-awaited record, each song is accompanied with a story – a story not only assisting in personifying the album, itself but tales characterising Walters and the people who bring inspiration to his music. Walters called on a friend of his who was struggling while working and living in New York when writing the song, Sleeping in New York.
“She would call me at all hours and howl about how lonely she was in this big city. She was a muso. Touring America. Finding it hard. I knew I'd get a song out of her one day. I was still smoking when we recorded this. You can hear it,” he said.
FAREWELL YOUTH symbolises growing, maturity and, in Walters’ own words, serves as “a statement that [he is] ready for the next chapter”. Laced with lyrical intricacy and sophistication, put simply, this record will leave you feeling comfortably lethargic.