2008, Brushfire
When Matt Costa sat down to write what would become Unfamiliar Faces, the follow-up to his 2005 debut full-length Songs We Sing, the singer/songwriter took his most treasured belongings and put them on a shelf - then stared at them and just let the memories flow. "That way I could see everything that I loved," he explains (the collection included his favorite books, a giant wooden pipe, and a box of old 45-speed records from the late 1950s). From spunky piano-driven opener "Mr. Pitiful" and the country-tinged acoustic "Never Looking Back" to the textured "Bound" and jangly power-pop of "Emergency Call," Unfamiliar Faces finds Costa wrapping his appealing melodies in increasingly ambitious packages that recall the Shins, Spoon and Ben Folds.
Tracklisting
Disc 1
| 1 | Mr. Pitiful |
| 2 | Lilacs |
| 3 | Never Looking Back |
| 4 | Emergency Call |
| 5 | Vienna |
| 6 | Unfamiliar Faces |
| 7 | Cigarette Eyes |
| 8 | Downfall |
| 9 | Trying to Lose My Mind |
| 10 | Bound |
| 11 | Heart of Stone |
| 12 | Miss Magnolia |
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