Matt Kirsch - Nightmusic

"Nightmusic" CD reviewed by John Carver, presenter "Across The Tracks" 3PBS FM

"Matt Kirsch has this ability to take a melody and deconstruct it until it

is almost unrecognisable, apart from the occasional hint at the riff and

then to bring it back together just in time for a loving full stop.

Kirsch prefers the laid back and late night sounds, hence the tile of the

album "nightmusic". He loves to slow down the melody, off beat and

pre-emptive until he is taking only a note here and there, leaving you

waiting eagerly for the next excursive return to the fond familiarity of the

melody.

He is joined on the album by the wonderful sounds of Colin Hopkins playing

some gorgeously expressive piano (just listen to Say What), Ben Robertson as

always playing knowingly sympathetic and empathetic bass and Dave Beck on

sweeping cymbals and similarly swept skins. The band can certainly swing

when the mood grabs or leave you feeling like all the musical roads have all

been travelled!".