Ajay182 from Overrating the Underrated just recently did an interview with Matthew Santos. Here's the part where Matthew talked about his upcoming album:
OTU: How is the new album coming along? What can fans expect from the album?
Matthew: The new album is almost finished! This album is a bit more ambitious than previous works because it touches on musical ideas that I’ve never explored before. I was extremely involved with the production process so it gave me a chance to experiment with some things.
There are epic rock songs like “Wide Eyed Fire Fly” and “On the Radio” which comment on my experience with mainstream music psychology and the effect that it has on an artist. Then there are songs like “Born To Do” which mix elements of hip/hop production and pop/rock/breakbeat with a message of taking responsibility of our unique gifts and talents. Then there are some ballads, some folk songs, some cinematic, orchestral shit. We also take you to church with a gospel choir in “Death, Sex, and Regret”.
The album may be seen by some as a bit schizophrenic as far as range of genre, but when it comes down to it, it’s all soul music to me. Besides, I feel that nowadays there is more emphasis on the “single-song” then the “total-album” so this gives music lovers of different creeds a chance to enjoy at least some of our music, if not all of it, and hopefully people are open enough to see the art in all of it.
Click here to read the complete interview!
Thanks for this man. Ajay182.
ReplyDeletesounds like it's gonna be a surprise...different to what we hear when he's filtered through Lupe.
ReplyDeleteit's gona be awesome!
He is so right about the focus of the "single" and not the "album" ... that's another thing that I enjoy about Lupe. He focuses his energy in the concept of the album, not the single.
ReplyDeleteI think when he says we'll hear different things he means we'll hear more songs like "Hello, Goodbye" more diverse sounds rather than pure Hip Hop.
In short, I'm so down.