High Flying, by Matthew Carr

High Flying

by Matthew Carr

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1.	Hard Lands 02:24	buy track
2.	The Lakeman 02:40	buy track
3.	The Laughing Girls of Avalon 02:17	buy track
4.	Children of the Sun 02:48	buy track
5.	Good Morning Sunshine 02:36
6.	Wonderland 02:35	buy track
7.	Free Rein 03:17	buy track
8.	My Morning Sun 02:52	buy track
9.	Chaos Street
10.	To Be Your King 03:36
11.	What You Think Of Me
12.	Good Days 03:32
13.	Born To Live demo 03:01
14.	A Little Bit Moose

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These songs were written in 2015 during a free period of a few months in New Zealand. I felt reconnected with nature at the time, cut off from world news and social media, I traveled on buses or in random cars, alone or with people I met along the way, dedicated my time to just coming into a place, exploring it and then moving on. And of course, writing these songs on benches in fields, by rivers, or in hostels. To coin a phrase, I was seeing the world with new eyes.

These songs are special to me, different to anything else I've written or will write. I wanted to to keep the songs simple lyrically and musically and I think I achieved that. The main thing is that they have a start, a middle and an end, a chorus and a message, just like the folk songs of old. I'm not sure how they make my audience feel yet, in fact I'm learning more about the songs myself as I play them live.

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released March 14, 2017

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Matthew Carr Chepstow, UK

Intimate storytelling, mellow voice, backed by his pastoral, bittersweet folk guitar, Matthew Carr's songs spin cinematic, reflective stories.

His latest recording, a double A side, Bright Star Fading/Louisville Kentucky is an atmospheric acoustic song with a weary late night feel, a fatalist anti-anthem.

Matthew Carr is a Welsh singer, songwriter. He currently lives in Chepstow, Wales. ... more

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