Matt Elliott

La Scheda

Cantautore inglese di Bristol, già attivo come The Third Eye Foundation; in solo approda a un folk scuro e orchestrato, noto per la trilogia Drinking/Failing/Howling e per intensi live in loop.

English singer-songwriter from Bristol; formerly recorded as The Third Eye Foundation; active since the mid-1990s. Solo work is characterized by melancholic folk with Mediterranean/Balkan hues, dynamic crescendos and string arrangements. Notable albums include the trilogy Drinking Songs, Failing Songs, Howling Songs, as well as The Calm Before, The Broken Man, Only Myocardial Infarction Can Break Your Heart and Farewell To All We Know. Live performances frequently use looping/delay.

Le recensioni descrivono un cantautore capace di trasformare malinconia e disperazione in catarsi sonora. Dalla trilogia Drinking/Failing/Howling ai bagliori di The Calm Before e Only Myocardial…, emergono chitarre arpeggiate, archi e crescendo controllati. Live ipnotici a base di loop e delay. Temi ricorrenti: guerra, solitudine, resa e fragile speranza.