Matt Stevens - Lucid Preview

Last Chance To Get....

This is the last week to download my live albums from the Bandcamp shop before they are deleted. Live in Blackpool 2011 or London 2013.

Hopefully it'll put some money into the "touring fund" and clean up the Bandcamp shop. They both come with "bonus material" :)

http://mattstevens.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-blackpool

&

http://mattstevens.bandcamp.com/album/london-looping-festival-live-recording

Hear a preview of my new album.

You can hear a preview of my new album at:

http://www.progrockmag.com/news/matt-stevens-prepares-for-new-album-release/

The feedback seems to be pretty positive to the new solo stuff we previewed on the Classic Rock Presents Prog  website yesterday, which is really pleasing. It does mean a lot, can't wait to play you the whole thing. Not seen the usual "is it prog?" debate yet. My favourite comment was that it was like "Crazy Horse after a couple of terms at Berkley" which is kind of what I was going for :) The record as a whole is pretty varied from full band stuff to solo acoustic.

I'm gonna be offline for a few days working on a special project, that I can't talk about but does give me the opportunity to work with a bit of "prog legend" and a very talented musician.

As Stan Lee would say "Excelsior!".

My new album Lucid is released on the 31st March.

My new album Lucid is released on the 31st March. 

It is now available to pre-order from Burning Shed. This is what they say:

"Lucid sees Matt Stevens joined by a host of guest musicians including Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson), Lorenzo Feliciati (Naked Truth), Charlie Cawood (Knifeworld), Jem Godfrey (Frost*) and vibes player Jon Hart. 

A step beyond Matt's previous work, Lucid is an album that reflects a love of Jesu and Celtic Frost, as much as it does a passion for Mahavishnu Orchestra and King Crimson."

Art is by Carl Glover (Steve Wilson/King Crimson etc)

https://www.burningshed.com/store/guitarists/product/111/5458/

Pre-Order My New Album Now

I'm very pleased (and excited) to say my first solo record in 3 years and my first for Esoteric Recordings is now available to pre-order from Burning Shed.

This is what they say:

"Lucid sees Matt Stevens joined by a host of guest musicians including Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson), Lorenzo Feliciati (Naked Truth), Charlie Cawood (Knifeworld), Jem Godfrey (Frost*) and vibes player Jon Hart. 

A step beyond Matt's previous work, Lucid is an album that reflects a love of Jesu and Celtic Frost, as much as it does a passion for Mahavishnu Orchestra and King Crimson.”

Your support is very much appreciated  

I think it's also starting to appear on a few of the international sites as well, Amazon etc... If you could share this that would be lovely. We will also have a simultaneous digital release for those that like using i-tunes, amazon digital etc

https://www.burningshed.com/newsletters/newsletter_30-01-2014.html

Here is the cover art for it by Carl Glover:

Thanks so much to everyone who came to the recent close to sold out Fierce And The Dead gigs. I have many more solo gigs coming up and Fierce And The Dead ones. Gigs are listed here:

http://www.mattstevensguitar.com/page2.htm

Speak soon and thanks loads

Matt Stevens

"It's OK to torrent music, cause musicians make it back on the touring"

"It's OK to torrent music, cause musicians make it back on the touring" 

If only people knew how untrue this statement is. 

We're so grateful for people coming to our gigs, promoting them and making them happen. And we LOVE doing them. But if we cover costs we're lucky (let alone rehearsals). And it's the same for all the people I know in bands (even some famous ones). 

Not moaning (no one makes us do gigs and I have no real sense of entitlement) but just wanted to point out the untruth of the statement...

Anyone off to Camden tonight to Stab A Dead Horse with Knifeworld and TrojanHorse - message me for the cheap list :)

Here is a lovely audience from Nottingham on Friday :) Awesome gig: