Matt Cattell – The Bedroom Demos
by Pete Clemons
Matt Cattell's youtube channel You can find many of his tracks on this channel.
https://www.youtube.com/user/INNOVATIONOFSOUND1I am not sure if it was intentional or not but Matt Cattell’s new album ‘The Bedroom Demos’, which has been a work in progress for a considerable amount of time, was released at end of Mental Health Awareness Week. Mental awareness being quite significant to this project.
You see, by his own admission, Matt has had more than his fair share of issues. And this album has all the hallmarks of those demons being faced head on and placed into song. And now those songs have been released and to be heard by the greater public.
The first thing to say is that Matt’s lyrics undoubtedly draw you in. They are powerful and feel as though Matt has cleansed his very soul. But that’s not to say that they are all born out of frustration. As to be expected the album is reflective. But that is balanced by positivity. It even throws open the prospect of looking to the future. From a listener’s perspective, it does all hang together to great effect.
Forgetting the subject matter of the lyrics for a while, the music is eye openly good. With all things being equal, the potential here is for a couple of major anthems. If these songs, can permeate into the greater publics psyche, who knows where this project could go. With each listen to this album I really do get an image of several of these songs being sung by the masses in some huge field somewhere.
Matt is an ardent and very hard-working performer on the open mic circuit. He played, in excess, of 75 gigs alone during 2018 growing his support. And hearing Matt on a recent radio interview he explained how he practices his songs every day, so he never lets himself down while on stage.
When asked if he gets nervous before a performance Matt’s response was a confident ‘never’. Matt seems to thrive on the whole performing thing, never getting fazed putting himself out there. The adrenaline it all creates gives him an amazing buzz.
Even funnier was hearing Matt explain how he gets himself ‘into the zone’. And while in that place of concentration, and despite being on stage in full flow, how people still try to talk to him or even pull on his microphone.
‘The Bedroom Demos’ contain two discs and you get 26 songs in total. 13 recorded plugged and the same 13 unplugged. Whatever way your mood takes you. Included is the single, ‘Trouble’, released toward the end of 2018 along with an accompanying video.
As the album title suggests, the songs were written and produced in Matt’s bedroom studio where he performed, arranged, mixed and mastered the entire project.
Thankfully, Matt appears to be on a good footing now and is facing the prospect of a more optimistic future. The foundations have been laid for his music. So long as the momentum is continued then I can only predict good things for Matt.
Should any physical albums still be available, and I hear it sold rather well, then they can be purchased on eBay. Alternatively, the album is downloadable via iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Google Play and YouTube.
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