MATT MORRELL

From soundaslanguage.com: "Evette is Morrell’s new album and is wonderfully disjointed (like the cover art) as Morrell seemingly explores every facet of his diverse songwriting. Song by song goes by as Morrell moves in and out of genre classifications with ease."

Radio Exile 3/12/09

“I Can’t Let You Get Away” - Starts off as completely perfect early ’80’s New Zealand pop and finishes with some completely perfect late ’90s Elephant 6 Collective (think The Gerbils) horns. Did I mention the word “perfect”? Because that’s what this song is.

I'm posting new and old demos here for a while and writing about the songs on Twitter. Follow the Twitter Demos here.

Thanks to Tom Ortega for featuring the new record, "Evette" on his blog:

"'I Can't Let You Get Away'....After one listen, this song will seem old and familiar like your favorite couch or restaurant. You’ll find yourself humming it afterward and will wonder how it got lodged so fast in your internal jukebox."

I have a guest column on Tom William's excellent blog "Hit Singularity" this week.

The topic is "What is the Value of Music?"

Though I'm not really clear what Tumblr is quite yet, I'm excited to see the track "Maryland" up on Tyler Coates' fine blog, "Too Much Awesome".

From the blog: "Between this and The Wire, I might not hate Maryland after all! (But really, I still do.)"

Thanks to the guys at the Barefoot Music podcast for featuring History of Love and for the kind words:

"Today’s jam comes from Virginia native Matt Morrell. Currently recording and performing in New York, Matt’s Indie-rock style is reminiscent of Bright Eyes, or a less grungy Two Gallants. This track is called “History of Love,” and is off his upcoming album, “Evette.” Evette is currently available for download from Amazon, and will see a physical CD release date of 1/13/2009."