Matthew Jay

Vocalist/songwriter Matthew Jay received an archive agreement even before his initial live performance. Frequently in comparison to U.K. troubadours such as for example Badly Drawn Youngster and David Grey, Jay was originally agreed upon by the United kingdom label Food, launching two EPs, Four Tracks and Friendly Fireplace, both snaring the ears from the British press. Jay grew up by a category of music artists in Abergavenny, South Wales. Jay frequently paid attention to the LPs in his parents’ collection, information by John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, as well as the Rolling Rocks; he was also the bassist in his family’s group. Jay began writing tracks in his bedroom and taping them onto cassettes, a lot of it showing up on his EPs and extremely praised debut recording, Pull, released in 2001 by Capitol Information. Draw quickly discovered home on U.S. university radio stations. Merging acoustic guitars with digital noises, Jay was lumped along with Grey, Terribly Drawn Boy, and Beth Orton within a 21st hundred years makeover of folk-rock. By checking for competent functions like Dido, the Doves, Shelby Lynne, and Stereophonics Jay outgrew his cult pursuing and acquired a lot more critical acclaim. Unfortunately, he died Sept 24, 2003 after dropping seven tales from his house windows in Nottingham, Britain. He was 24.