Just
over two years removed from their debut EP, Reinvention, Matt Mason Fiasco
returns with their sophomore effort, Through Your Troubled Eyes In These
Twisted Times. The three-track EP, recorded once again at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia's Omni Arts Studios by Fred Lee & Chance Gillis, was intended to be a full-length album but, due to the imminent closing of the studio, ended up a second EP. Not to fret, however, as the raw emotion, coupled with elegant strings, immediately draws you in and tightly holds your attention.
It takes a certain type of musical chemistry; an it-factor, so to speak, to create the sort of sound that Matt Mason Fiasco continues to produce. Whatever it is, they've found it.
The four-piece beautified grunge group, consisting of Matt Blauvelt (vocals, guitars, drums), Sean Robinson (guitars, percussion), Paul Tupper (violin), and Fred Lee (bass), have another beautiful mess placed upon the table. A sound like none other. A sound all their own.
I've always had an issue with having new music grow on me. It typically takes me a few listens through an album to truly appreciate it. MMF, on the other hand, has found a way to immediately speak to me. A rare trait for such an original-sounding band.
Through Your Troubled Eyes In These Twisted Times. What an appropriate title. The only question I am left with after a few full listens through the entire EP, is when do I get to hear the other seven tracks? I'd dare to say that a new-length will definitely be in order in the not too distant future, and I have a feeling that you will strongly agree with me once you have a listen to their latest effort.
Through Your Troubled Eyes In These Twisted Times. What an appropriate title. The only question I am left with after a few full listens through the entire EP, is when do I get to hear the other seven tracks? I'd dare to say that a new-length will definitely be in order in the not too distant future, and I have a feeling that you will strongly agree with me once you have a listen to their latest effort.
