Dan Jeselsohn :: Upright Bass
Taylor Floreth :: Drums
Misty Boyce :: Keyboard/Piano/Vocals
Jay Mankind :: Mandolin
Patrick Hay :: Electric Guitar
Debra Kreisberg :: Clarinet
Sounds Like
Sounds just like this!
The Drought
The Poet / Bird Song / Stacy J / Everything We Do / We Are Not Small / Dynamic Public Speaker
THE DELI: “Eclectic material that ranges from weepy to silly to sincere”
POP HEADWOUND: “His most accomplished set of songs to date… Singer has always shown the unique ability to write songs that are both absurd and profound, universal and personal, and The Drought features 6 of his best. Endlessly compelling.” (Read more...)
WE ALSO RAN: "The Drought is unapologetically dorky, generous with well-placed fuckwords, and genuinely fun. (Read more...)
WILDY'S WORLD: "Matt Singer writes to amuse himself, and that's a good thing. His perspective is delightfully warped with a strong wit and wrapped in gorgeously melodic songwriting. (Read more...)
"ONIONS": A short film by Casey Shea, who captures what happens when Wes Verhoeve and Matt Singer attempt to make a meal together...
The Family Records December Residency at The Living Room and the 10.14 Bowery show were amazing and I'm grateful to all the fans and musicians who were a part of the evening
Check out some awesome photos and highly kind words from the Bowery show on 10.14.08 at Mel.Opho.Be. These guys are Boston bloggers and they made the trip just to see us destroy!
And AEM, an NYC blogger, gave specific attention to me and Wakey!Wakey! Yeah!
And check out a chunklet from my recent interview with BEYOND RACE magazine: Read Here!
and "Stacy J" live at the Beyond Race Magazine Fall launch party at Rockwood Music Hall:
Matt's last album, All Us Heathens, caught mad praise:
MY MUSICAL CRUSH said:
Matt Singer's lyrics are the cat's pajamas. meow don't let his wholesome, boy-next-door façade fool you. once he picks up his guitar and opens his mouth, no scandalous or political figure is safe, including the white house idiot or the carnal abuses of the catholic church.
delivered like a rapping storyteller, his sardonic, side-spilting, politically-infused lyrics - thinly veiled in catchy melodic, folksy hooks - make you ask, did he really just say that?, usually followed by an uncontrollable, belly-aching laugh. plus, he can whistle like a piping hot tea kettle. how coolio is that?
Matt Singer is all about words. All Us Heathens, his most fully realized recording to date, hops between rock and hip-hop, bluegrass and jazz, while somehow still holding its ground as a solid folk record. His songs change topic like most people breathe, jumping from the awkwardness of childhood to love, to Jesus, to Jews, to welfare reform, to the hand of judgment to trick-or-treating on Halloween, and back to being the awkward fat kid. .... All Us Heathens finds Matt Singer dressed in a more rustic outfit. Think Bringin It All Back meets Fear of a Black Planet meets A Prairie Home Companion. Yes, this is one complex package. The lyrics jump, the genres drift, and All Us Heathens is highly recommended.
POP HEADWOUND said:
Having seen him perform twice I can safely say his live shows thrive in such intimate settings, as they revel in audience participation, whether he makes them laugh out loud to his often quirky lyrics, whistle along with the tune as he sings over them, or clap along to provide a little rhythm. Full POP Headwound piece here
Of his previous release, Words of Mass Destruction....
THE VILLAGE BROADSHEET said: Singers melodic voice is so laid-back and sweet that it perfectly counterpoints (in a funny way) the paranoid zeal of the Bush administration... Singer writes protest songs that are serious without taking themselves too seriously. And he goes a long way to showing us just who, exactly, is Rupert Murdochs bitch.
RUSSELL'S REVIEWS (UK) said: Lucid and intelligent... his confidence is such that he addresses the issues across the musical genres. If there's one good thing to come out of the Bush administration it's that it inspires singers like Matt to write songs like these.
3rd Annual WAGSTOCK this Sunday, June 21st!! Wagstock is free for all. Bring blankets, pets, brew, snacks and snuggle up on the grass with your sweetie pie.
hello matt! hope you are well. i would like to invite you to my show at the bitter end on bleecker st. on sunday,june 14 @ 7pm. tix are $5. hope you can make it!
Hi, Just want to let you know that a bunch of outstanding New Orleans style jazz and funk acts are coming to Sullivan Hall in the next few weeks! Ticket links and details are below, or check out www.sullivanhallnyc.com for more information.
Come out and celebrate the summer in New York, NOLA style!
damn wondrous to see you and hear you on saturday mr singer. i'll be coming out of hiding more often now that the climes are suitable for an australian (well, almost - new york's struggling a little to find it's spring feet, but i'll forgive it).
Of course you're correct; it's "Constellations", indeed. I adore that song. My apologies for losing brain power before previously posting and you're quite welcome; compliments like that should be offered up in droves when they're so deserved!
Good evening/morning, Matt... I'm sure I've stated this before as well as asked the forthcoming question, so my apologies if that's the case.
Is "Satellite" available anywhere online for the listening pleasure of folks like myself? I miss it and have gotta say it's my favorite of yours, from the limited amount I've heard.
Thanks, Matt, for both potentially responding and creating quite the eclectic library of tunes. I always love visiting your page every once in awhile; it's soothing and refreshing at the same time. ~ ashley
Hey man! Good to hear from you! We miss you man! We haven't been playing out as much... focusing on our ridiculous new record, which is taking way longer than we thought but getting sweeter by the minute! We also got a sick new drummer! Our next gig is @ 169 Bar on the 26th! I'm going to discorporate and invade your dreams to remind you! Muwahahahahaha! -tb
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