MATT COSTA [Import Disc]

[Machine Translation] First new album in 3 years from Jack Johnson's ally, Matt Costa! Matt Costa, born in California in 1982, is a singer/songwriter based in Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records. This is his first album in three years since his last self-produced album "Mobile Chateau" (2010), and is the first album since Belle & Sebastian's "Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant" (2000), The Delgados' "Hate" (2003), Mogwai's "The Lost" (2004), and The Delgados' "The Lost" (2005). This is the first album since Belle & Sebastian's "Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant" (2000), Mogwai's "Mr. Beast" (2006), "The Hawk Is Howling" (2008), Super Furry Animals' "Phantom Power" (2003), Dirty Pretty Things' "Waterloo to Anywhere" (2006), and Dirty Pretty Things' "The Hawk" (2008). Anywhere" (2006), Art-School "Paradise Lost" (2005), Snow Patrol "When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up" (2001), and Kururi "Antenna" (2004). The album is produced by Tony Doogan, a Glasgow-based producer known for his work with Kururi's Antenna (2004) and Snow Patrol's When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (2001), and is a more rock-oriented, dynamic approach to music. The musicians on this album include Stevie Jackson of Berceva, Danny Garcia, Casey Costa, and others who are well known and respected. Costa himself plays nearly a dozen different instruments, demonstrating his multitalented musicianship. 2003 marked his indie debut with the Matt Costa EP, followed by the release of The Elasmosaurus EP and debut album Songs We Sing in 2005, which sparked Jack Johnson's interest in the band. This album attracted the interest of Jack Johnson, who moved the band to Brushfire in 2006 and re-released the album. The album also gained recognition through his participation in the Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George and Brushfire Records Winter 2006 Music Sampler in the same year. This is his fourth original album, following "Unfamiliar Faces" in 2008 and "Mobile Chateau" in 2010.

Note: This is an import edition (manufactured outside of Japan).

ジャック・ジョンソンの盟友、マット・コスタの3年ぶりの新作! 1982年米カリフォルニア出身で、ジャック・ジョンソンのブラッシュファイヤー・レコードを拠点に独自の活動を続けるシンガー・ソングライター、マット・コスタ。セルフ・プロデュースの前作『Mobile Chateau』(2010年)以来3年ぶりとなる本作は、Belle & Sebastian『Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant』(2000年)、The Delgados『Hate』(2003年)、Mogwai『Mr. Beast』(2006年)『The Hawk Is Howling』(2008年)、Super Furry Animals『Phantom Power』(2003年)、Dirty Pretty Things『Waterloo to Anywhere』(2006年)、Art-School『Paradise Lost』(2005年)、Snow Patrol『When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up』(2001年)、くるり『アンテナ』(2004年)等の作品で知られる英グラスゴー拠点のプロデューサー、トニー・ドゥーガン (Tony Doogan)をプロデューサーに迎え、よりロック的でダイナミックなアプローチに挑んだ作品。ミュージシャン陣には、ベルセバのStevie Jackson、前作に引き続いてのDanny Garcia、Casey Costaをはじめ、気心知れた実力派が結集。コスタ自身も10種類近くの楽器を担当し、そのマルチなミュージシャンシップを見せつけている。2003年にインディから『Matt Costa EP』でデビュー。2005年に『The Elasmosaurus EP』とデビュー・アルバム『Songs We Sing』をリリース。このアルバムがジャック・ジョンソンの興味を引き、2006年にブラッシュファイヤーへの移籍および同アルバムの再リリースが実現。さらに同年の『Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George』『Brushfire Records Winter 2006 Music Sampler』への参加でも認知度を高めた。2008年『Unfamiliar Faces』、2010年『Mobile Chateau』に続く、通算4作目のオリジナル・アルバムとなる。