Hello everyone, hope this finds you well. How's the hip?
So. Somehow or other it's just 4 weeks until Memory man gets it official UK
and european release. For those who've been waiting nicely with their arms
folded, your patience is noted. Those who have been racing round the
playground like you've just been given Skittles, your enthusiasm is also
noted. (nope, not sure what i'm on about either...)
Anyhow it will be great to release my THIRD album at last.
The best thing about putting out a third album is the chance to get a third
round of album reviews. (not actually the best thing.)
some artists would claim not to read reviews, others not to care about them
Me, I can't help but want to know what THEY make of it - will it be hailed
as pet sounds multiplied by ok computer (which did actually happen once, in
'Rolling Stone' no less...) or as X and Y divided by Back to Bedlam divided
by the last Robbie record (as I believe also just happened, in the NME no
less...)?
Of course it doesn't exactly matter what THEY think. It certainly matters a
lot less than what YOU think. I care a lot about the music I make and memory
man was made with a great deal of love and devotion and nail biting and
arguing. I'm really looking forward to YOUR reviews. For the record, here's
mine:
" the rubber sheet is off. The 'jamas are bone dry. If 'Aqualung' was a
ships biscuit and 'still life' was a sad cake, 'Memory Man' is a cybernetic
space-rusk bulging with nutrients you never knew you needed. But that you
can't live without. (two stars) "
See you soon,
Matt x