Matt Christensen - Constant Green '2021

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       Zelienople frontman Matt Christensen returns to Miasmah with Constant
Green -- a record of reverberant country inspired songs that puts the weight
somewhere between Johnny Cash and Slowdive. Matt pours out his soul through
flashes of life -- small and large. His voice roaming over the guitars in a way
which feels like a floating poetic deluge. Appearing fresh from 2020's
Zelienople album Hold You Up (MIA 047LP), Matt has made a very personal record
that arrives as perfectly as it could be. It is full of beautiful sparse moments
that capture the feeling of time standing still while simultaneously flashing in
front of your eyes. As a child of the '70s, growing up with country influenced
AM rock on the radio, riding around in cars without seatbelts, Matt creates this
nostalgic feeling of free riding through the city streets at dusk: a dream world
where one can see green as a symbol for humanity and optimism. Not to say the
album doesn't have it's share of darkness. Christensen always lingers deep in
melancholy, driving his fears and anxieties out through music. Visions of being
able to move anywhere, picking his mother up from jail, family matters, change,
the small things in life -- all outtakes from what he sings about. Although it's
hard to pick up on unless you really listen, as his ramblings can at one moment
be fully clear while in the next drowned or muffled -- becoming a mere
meditative element to the music. Steady collaborators Brian Harding and Eric
Eleazer from Zelienople accompanies on pedal steel and keys to further fill the
sound into a warm dream, following in the footsteps of Matt's previous Miasmah
album Honeymoons (MIA 034CD/LP, 2016). That said, while Honeymoons used drum
machines and vast open spaces, Constant Green is another step closer towards the
classic singer-songwriter folklore. Timeless gold from an artist that never
stops creating.



Tracklist:
1.01 - Matt Christensen - I Listen To Country Songs (4:02)
1.02 - Matt Christensen - It's Hard Not To Love Everyone (4:51)
1.03 - Matt Christensen - I Had A Vision That I Could Move Anywhere (5:40)
1.04 - Matt Christensen - Tenement Square (7:06)
1.05 - Matt Christensen - Where Does My Sound Go? (4:49)
1.06 - Matt Christensen - Constant Green (10:33) 

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