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When Matt Costa first started writing for his fourth full-length album, he envisioned the
end result as a stripped-down selection of rootsy folk songs. But once he plunged into the
songwriting process something much more grandiose and sonically adventurous began to
emerge. Soon Costa found himself in the midst of a highly unanticipated yet deeply
expansive evolution of artistry as a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. “The

songs started morphing and twisting and taking on a more mystic sound,” says Costa,
“and at the same time I began opening up my sense of what’s possible with melody.”
Thanks to his resculpting those songs with elaborate yet naturalistic instrumentation and
some boldly inventive merging of disparate musical styles—as well as decamping to
Glasgow to record with longtime Belle & Sebastian/Mogwai cohort Tony Doogan and
an illustrious ensemble of Scottish musicians—the new self-titled release proves to be
Costa’s most ambitious and magnetic album to date.

The follow-up to 2010’s Mobile Chateau (hailed as a “gorgeously garage-sounding album
with organic percussion instruments, crackling tube-driven amps, and jangly guitars
cascading in every direction” by AllMusic), The new record again reveals Costa’s
penchant for blending sun-soaked pop with sweetly ethereal, British-folk-influenced rock.
But in a marked developmental departure, Costa builds on that pairing with lush
arrangements and sprawling melodies that elevate his sound to a stunning new level.
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