EP118 - So What’s Been Happening? - Matt Malone

EP118 - So What's Been Happening? - Matt Malone

Matt Malone is a singer/songwriter born in the goldfields region of country Victoria. He has formed his musical vision out of the blues, country, folk and gospel traditions of the American, British and Australian past. Malone’s commanding baritone and masterfully crafted songs have been compared to the archetypal Johnny Cash, African-American gospel preachers such as Blind Willie Johnson, poetic folk troubadours including Leonard Cohen and tenebrous lyrical princes Nick Cave and Mark Lanegan.

The new album For The Term Of My Natural Life is without a doubt Malone's most personal, autobiographical and accomplished work to date.

A pandemic-induced relocation from Melbourne back to Ballarat provided a psycho-geographical location for Malone to focus on the completion of the writing of the album's songs and find a central thread for their subject matter. “I also took the opportunity to reassemble myself after years of drug / alcohol abuse and exploration through Thelema / occult practice by going back to my religious roots and developing a deeper communion with nature through long walks and prayerful meditation,” Malone reveals.

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