EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Matt And Kim - Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare
A letter from Matt, of Matt and Kim:
DAMN, it's been almost two years since Kim and I have released a single thing! In those two years our bodies have traveled... I guess... hundreds of thousands of miles?! Crazy when I think about it. Maybe that's why our friend Jay said, "I found this footage of you playing Fuck Yeah Fest 2006, and you looked so young." That was only two freakin years ago! So yes we put miles and years on these bodies, but with all the driving around in a 98' green Astro van I called President VANburen, there was little room for makin NEW music. By the way writing songs is one of my favorite things to do in the world.
For the past months, every spare minute we weren't touring we were working on a new album. We knew we needed to record somewhere we could feel creative, and for us, that wasn't a recording studio. We did the initial tracking in the bedroom I grew up in Vermont. It still has skateboarding posters all over the ceiling, silkscreen ink from making patches on the floor, and the memories of all the punks songs I wrote and recorded there since I was 14 years old, tucked away in boxes of 4-track tapes under my bed.
All in all, I feel the songs we recorded are the best music I've ever worked on in that room, or anywhere else for that matter. This song is the first anyone is hearing from our upcoming album GRAND. We chose GOOD OL FASHION NIGHTMARE to kick it off, in hopes that it'll serve you well for these last summer weeks.
-matt
Straight from the horse's mouth, as they say. We're really, really stoked to be the ones to premiere this track for you, and a fantastic one at that. It's pretty spare—mostly just a catchy-as-hell upright piano riff, walloping oil drum beat, and Matt’s catty musings about sides streets, sidewalks, concrete, knives and the like—but the great thing about this song is how much slap its got. When the shaker comes in during the chorus it’s only a few 808 samples away from being a solid ATL crunk anthem (anyone game for a Lil' Jon mash-up? He probably is.) If you haven't been convinced to download this song already then you must be having a pretty bad day, which means you should download it anyway because this song is as sweet and sticky as a cinnamon roll and it will make you feel better. Grab it below, and check out the group's tour dates after the jump. Cheers to you, Matt and Kim.
Sounds like: Vivian Girls, Architecture In Helsinki, Lil' Jon
Exclusive Download: Matt and Kim - Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare
Tour Dates for Matt and Kim:
Aug. 28th - SAN DIEGO CA - Beauty Bar
Aug. 29th - LA JOLLA CA - Che Cafe
Aug. 30th - LOS ANGELES CA - Echoplex
Sept. 2nd - SAN FRANSICO CA - Bottom of the Hill
Sept. 3rd - SACRAMENTO CA - Fun Garden
Sept. 5th - PORTLAND OR - Backspace
Oct. 31st - BROOKLYN NY - Bandbro Brewery Warehouse
Nov. 3rd - BOSTON MA - Middle East Downstairs
Nov. 5th - NORTHAMPTON MA - Iron Horse
Nov. 6th - MONTREAL - Il Motore
Nov. 7th - OTTAWA - Mavericks
Nov. 8th - TORONTO - Whippersnapper Space
Nov. 10th - DETROIT MI - Magic Stick
Nov. 11th - CHICAGO IL - Subterranean
Nov. 12th - CHICAGO IL - Subterranean
Nov. 13th - DEKALB IL - The House Cafe
Nov. 14th - MINNEAPOLIS MN - Triple Rock Social Club
Nov. 15th - MADISON WI - Union South
Nov. 17th - BLOOMINGTON IN - Uncle Festers
Nov. 18th - COVINGTON KY - Mad Hatter Club
Nov. 20th - CLEVELAND OH - Grog Shop
Nov. 21st - PITTSBURGH PA - Willia Pitt Union
