| Product Summary | | Label: Brushfire Records | | UPC: 00602498518731 | | Release Date: 3/28/2006 | | Buy.com Sku: 202414944 | | Item#: M2VCEH | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24730 | Format:  CD |
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(P) 2006 Brushfire Records
(C) 2006 Brushfire Records
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel include: Matt Costa (vocals); Tom Dumont (guitar, bass guitar); Mitchell Townsend (electric guitar); Tom Matson (piano); Gabrial McNair (harpsichord); Bob Thomson (bass guitar); Adam Zuckert (drums). | | Discovered by No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont and championed by famously laid-back neo-folkie Jack Johnson, young Huntington Beach, California-based singer/songwriter Matt Costa offers up a surprisingly eclectic, mature, and elegant debut with 2006's SONGS WE SING. Like his considerably more melancholy precursor Elliott Smith, Costa mixes delicate acoustic melodies (the lush, Nick Drake-like "Astair") with occasional rocked-out moments (the lurching "Sweet Thursday"), and roots much of his material in the territory in-between, most notably the chiming single "Cold December" and the slowly building "Ballad of Miss Kate," which calls attention to Costa's deft six-string work. Revealing a sophisticated sense of songcraft that sets him apart from many of his youthful peers, Costa proves that he's an artist to watch on this assured first outing. (Note: SONGS WE SING was previously issued in 2005 with a slightly different track listing.) |
Producer: Tom Dumont |
Engineer: Phil Ek |
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| Release Date : 03/28/2006 | | Original Release Date : 2005 | | Catalog ID : 0006264 | | Label : Universal Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00602498518731 |
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| Q (p.113)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "Costa cuts the breezy innocence of 'Cold December' with the dark 'Ballad Of Miss Kate'....The net result is a pleasing haze, with glints of magic." |
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