To wrap up the week, I have this soulful, dark song which comes from Muskegon, MI by this free spirit of sorts with sultry soulful voice and a penchant for dark subjects and lyrics and looks that can kill. Named after the famous Rolling Stones’ song I guess she was destined to have a career in music, she is Angie Mattson.
She grew up in Muskegon, MI and left it for warmer temperatures since then she has lived in North Carolina, Florida, Maryland, Japan, The Caribbean and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. She taught herself to play piano at a resort where she was working as housekeeping, she bought a How To Play Guitar book and learned to play guitar while living on a boat for two years. At one point in her life she owned a baby blue school bus with one of her friends and use to sell beer and their art out of the bus. In between all that she has also worked at a record store, done modeling on the runways of Tokyo and got a degree in Biology, talk about having a well rounded life.
Her favorite subjects to write music about are love, lust, following dreams, murder and strippers in Japan. She blends her southern soul styling with dark and mystical lyrics to create a folksy ethereal sound. Here’s how she describes her music
“ …… sort of a moody, alternative, rock, country thing …… you can’t really compare it to anything”
The song I’m recommending, In Violet comes from her debut album Given To Sudden Panic And Noisy Retreat, it’s a mellow song with haunting vocals and ghoulish backing vocals, the instruments compliment her strong vocals perfectly and never attempt to take the center stage giving her complete freedom to steer the song in any which direction she pleases, she obliges by skillfully taking it to a sweet crescendo and then to the climax, besides her vocals I really like how the guitars consistent presence intertwines with her and every now and then momentarily takes the lead and then fades to the background, I’ll throw in a live performance here don’t forget to check out the Facebook page for an interview of hers, here’s the song
If you like this song you can get it from the link below
If you’d like to know more about her here’s the link to her MySpace page
Here she is live in Tampa
Still wanna know more about her, here’s the link to her official website
Enjoy!!!
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