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Matthew Good

Automatic Loveletter

Venue:
The Bowery Ballroom
Date:
Fri 4/02
Notes:
18+
Doors: 8:00 PM / Show: 9:00 PM
$20
Tickets
Matthew Good
official website
myspace
Consistent, honest and forthright about everything from life to music, Matthew Good is one
of few Canadian musicians that requires no introduction.
In 2007, that candidness revealed itself as Hospital Music, an album dedicated to the ordeal
Good was thrust into when dealing with bipolarity. Using the creativity of music to work
through the revelation and realism of that diagnosis, Good and his followers formed an
unbreakable bond based on what proved to be one of his most impeccable albums. Hospital
Music ventured beyond Canadian borders, finding lifelong, passionate fans across North
America thanks to Good's genuine account of a personal journey battling mental illness to
find balance and happiness.
In 2009, Good's sincerity finds him in an enviable place: alive, feeling fine and more inspired
than ever before. His personal anguish and frustrations dealt with, Good now tackles new
territory: the outside world. He has dubbed this journey "Vancouver", a dedication to and
examination of his experiences living in the world-renowned city for the better part of his life;
the land responsible for forming many of his personal reflections and opinions on the world.
Good broaches all spectrums of that home, delving into the individual, economic, and social
impact Vancouver's many facets incite. From straightforward rock to the infusion of strings
which offer a lushness and bold atmosphere to the album, "Vancouver" offers fans the
familiarity of Good's inherent style yet accents and bolsters his need for diversity and
advancement.
On "The Vancouver National Anthem," Good has many observations about the
contradictions of what's going on within the city, a track boasting/solidifying the union of
Good and artist Pete Yorn. Becoming fast friends by way of mutual admiration, there was no
doubt that Yorn was compelled to document their bond through recording together.
As with the bulk of Good's catalogue, Vancouver was recorded at The Warehouse Studio, a
comfortable, familiar working environment Good could almost call his personal space at this
point in time. Joined by the majority of his live band-journeymen and session players who
have truly connected with Good's own vision and direction-"Vancouver" is easily Good's
most coherent, enduring, and indelibly appreciable work to date.
By Keith Carman
Automatic Loveletter
myspace
Tampa, FL-based pop punk/indie rock collective Automatic Loveletter features drummer Daniel Currier, bassist Wayne Miller, guitarists Jacob Fatoorechi and James Falson and lead vocalist/guitarist Juliet Simms. Simms has lent her formidable voice to records by All Time Low, Cartel, Secondhand Serenade and Lovehatehero. The group’s debut EP, Recover, was released in 2007. In February of 2009 the band released their second, self-titled EP, containing songs which are set appear on the full length The Ghosts We Carry Home — produced by Matt Squire (Panic at the Disco, Boys Like Girls), the release of which has been set back due to the band’s parting ways with Epic. They are currently in the process of signing with a new label.

The band was first called Stars and Scars and recorded its first rock song together in December of 2005, naming the song after the band but written by lead singer Juliet Simms. They also recorded “Tin Lizzy”, written by Juliet’s brother, producer and lead singer of Win Win Winter Tommy Simms. During this time they also recorded a joke Southern Rock song called “The Devil”, which Daniel wrote and sang lead vocals on.

Juliet also acoustically laid down all of the songs she had been writing over the last three years for consideration for her first major label album. Automatic Loveletter began recording their album with producer Matt Squire (Panic at the Disco, Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, Cute is What We Aim For).
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