Richards Harris & Carpenter, Bills Conti & Wells, Phils Oakey & Sumner, Helens Reddy & Shapiro, Pauls Williams & McCartney, Lees Hazlewood and Rocker. 'Sing Me Back Home' by Gram & The Flying Burritos and 'Temptation Inside Your Heart' by The Velvet Underground. Cos this is what it...
Matt Eaton
Having spent the last few years fronting Actress Hands - a noisy guitar pop group who've recently toured alongside the likes of Dinosaur Jr, The Pipettes, The Walkmen and Le Reno Amps amongst others - and playing guitar for Thirty Pounds Of Bone, The Electric Soft Parade and (the UKs number one Jonathan Richman tribute act) The Modern Ovens, Matt has a remarkable view point to strip down from, taking his inspirations of living and touring music and pouring them in his cavernous tones across arrangements that are both simple and complex and indeed equally sparse and warm.
Matt’s debut solo release, the ludicrously titled 'Finish Your Chips', is a candid and sincere documentation of how much of a musical fan he is.
Never intended to be released (or given a second thought perhaps), 'Finish Your Chips' is the result of one night a while back when our hero went to Steve Grainger’s house in Brighton late at night, and after some cigarettes and a few cans of bitter woke up with an album of acoustic magic.
They then spent the best part of the last two years orchestrating and harmonising it till it sounded like it does now.
Alarmingly unassuming, talented, confident and seemingly unaware of it all, Matt Eaton is a true find, and we all look forward greatly to 'Finish Your Chips' being released on 26 May 2008, but is exclusively available now from The Drift Record Shop.
Hello Matt - Long time, friend. I was listening to Too Scared To Fly today - more of the same please. I did merch for Chatham County Line last night - they took nearly £600 - nearly the same as us in Inverness! Anyway - I hear that you're doing some recording here over Xmas and I wanted you to know that I will take it as a personal insult if I'm not invited to play something on something. Hope you're well - Love to the lady also, Wullis xxx
hey big man, trying to call you. stop going to bisley, your phone don't work there! need a catch up. hope those mice are behaving. we have central heating. x
Wooo Hooo! Just got my sweaty mitts on 'Finish your chips'. beautiful. I could write superlatives all day long about it. Meeting up with Jonny to talk about getting you down for gigs in the summer. Legend
I'd rather shit my own pants than not be your friend.
I keep saying to my mate in Bristol i will visit him soon. If i do i will come see you lot too. If you're not in can you leave the key under the plantpot? I will leave some organic cider as a treat :-)
hey matt, just had a listen to the EP. I really like it, when can I get a copy? I am going to walk from far westrip over the top towards yours if the weather holds up in the next few weeks. want to take some shots up there and visit my grandfolks resting place. maybe we can grab a beer in the vine?
Hi Matt, Thanks for the message t'other day - I was in Germany so phone wouldn't work! Hope the Hanbury show was fun. Hi chaps,
Have you heard Junkboy? Since I booked em (below) I discovered they think Eric Matthews is the db's. I know you're not here, but I reckon you'll love em :-)
