New Skin Scott Matthews

• 1 New Skin 04:25
• 2 Wait in the Car 04:16
• 3 My Selfless Moon 03:24
• 4 Anniversary 05:56
• 5 The Tide 05:19
• 6 Morning 04:30
• 7 Autopilot 03:55
• 8 Our Time 04:46
• 9 Intruders on Earth 04:42
• 10 The Light 03:55
• Total Runtime 45:08

Info for New Skin

The singer/songwriter has challenged himself creatively during a career that has been characterised by rare quality. As Matthews gears up for the release of his seventh studio album, New Skin, new horizons loom into view as he finds different ways to cast a spell.

The quality of Matthews’ craft is a given. The Ivor Novello-winning artist is part of a lineage that includes such greats as Buckley and Drake, John Martyn and Paul Simon. With guitar in hand and a voice that conveys raw emotion, he has long been established as one of the world’s foremost purveyors of song.

Having broken through with the much-loved Passing Stranger and more recently mastered the delicate art of one-man-and-a-guitar music with sparse musicianship and an otherworldly falsetto, through the records Home Pt I, Home Pt II and The Great Untold, Matthews is travelling along new roads.

"Overall, the album delivers what it promised, with Matthews trying out different sounds and attempting something unlike his prior work, which he should be truly commended for. It would have been straightforward for him to make the same album every few years and he took a massive risk with this record. The standout tracks make this a worthwhile effort and a decent exploration into '80s synth." (hotpress.com)

"As an experiment with innovation, New Skin delivers: a beautiful, cutting-edge, evocative and thought-provoking work, reminding and reassuring listeners that crises like a pandemic can spawn creative brilliance." (Catherine Sedgwick, theupcoming.co.uk)

Scott Matthews, vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming, organic samples

Scott Matthews
A guitar player since the age of seven who now counts Dave Grohl among his fans, Wolverhampton's Scott Matthews has received glowing reviews for his sublime debut album 'Passing Stranger' - one of 2006's hidden treasures that might not stay hidden too much longer. And the story of how Matthews got to this point is one that offers hope to aspiring singers everywhere. Before the album, the major label scramble for his signature and the personal request by Grohl to support the Foo Fighters, Matthews decided to record a demo of his song 'Passing Stranger' and press it on to 20 CDs. One of these copies was given to Martin Davies, who had seen one of Matthews' early gigs. Davies was so impressed he became Matthews' manager and brought the track to his friend, Marco Thomas, once of 1980s band Felt. Together they set up a record label, San Remo, and put the plans in place for the making of Matthews' debut. Beautifully recorded by Birmingham-based producer Jon Cotton, 'Passing Stranger' reveals an intoxicating range of influences - from the masters of slide guitar to epic and Eastern sounds - which recalls another one of Wolverhampton's native sons, Robert Plant. There's a depth and richness to his vocals and music which suggests that Matthews has the ability to take his music far beyond the singer-songwriter genre he currently finds himself in. All this, and he's only been writing songs seriously since 2002.

This album contains no booklet.