It’s music for the head and the heart, but it’s also music for the dance floor. In a way, I’ll always be that kid, drawing from the influences I grew up with.”Ĭombing classic songs with modern, beat-heavy production, CRAZYTALK offers up a sound that’s both cerebral and visceral. “At the same time, I also loved playing my buddy’s guitar.
“Back in Oregon, I was a punk skater kid w ho fell in love with Lauryn Hill, Tribe Called Quest, and Bel Biv Devoe,” he says. It’s a sound that nods to Kearney’s history as a melody-driven songwriter, even as it pushes him into new territory. The result is one of the most adventurous, nuanced albums of his acclaimed career, filled with EDM drops one minute and acoustic guitars the next. There are organic instruments, electronic samples, chill house grooves, tropical sounds, and collaborations with DJs like AFSHeeN, filous, and RAC all glued together by an emphasis on ageless hooks and thought-provoking lyrics. On his fifth album, CRAZYTALK, he mixes his most timeless songwriting to date with a wide, genre-bending set of interests. Even so, Kearney hasn’t forgotten his musical roots. Much has changed since those days in the Pacific Northwest. He’d strum chords on a friend’s acoustic guitar, paving the way for a career that would eventually take him far away from Eugene. It was during those teenage years that he developed his love for classic songwriting - the kind that transcends generations and genres. Years before he toured the world as a platinum selling, boundary-breaking artist, Mat Kearney grew up in Eugene, Oregon.
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