VINYL FORMAT. 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 t...   [ read more ]

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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-tin...   [ read more ]

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It makes sense why Brushfire Records co-founder Jack Johnson signed Matt Costa to his label. Costa's debut album, Songs We Sing, is acoustic guitar-based music, that, even when talking about sadder things, retains its lighter, happier character; music that could only be made in the Pacific sun, a lot like Johnson's. Costa's lyrics are all about love, either lost or found or forgotten, and he is particularly connected and drawn to the natural world, which often acts as the mediator betw...   [ read more ]

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