Matthew Good Band featuring Holly McNarland - Flight Recorder from Viking 7
I can’t properly explain the depth of my love for the Matthew Good Band. I feel like it’s definitely time for a reunion tour, and they should open with Hello Time Bomb, and there should be serious amounts of pyrotechnics involved. I would buy front row tickets, and maybe throw my underwear at the stage. (Um, this is Kim, by the way. I can only speak for myself, though perhaps Joe’s into underwear-stage-throwing. I don’t know.)
Matthew Good went solo after The Audio of Being and created some very nice music — I’m particularly fond of the Avalanche album and think the Weapon vid is the best music video I’ve ever seen, period — but MGB still holds a huge place in my heart. The band covers so much ground - straightforward alternative rock, gentle weeper ballads, sweeping orchestral epics with incredible builds, etc. Check it:
Every Name is My Name (1995, Last of the Ghetto Astronauts)
Indestructible (1997, Underdogs)
Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode cover) (1998, Lo-Fi B-sides)
Born to Kill (1999, Beautiful Midnight)
Man from Harold Wood (2001, Loser Anthems)
Man of Action (2001, The Audio of Being)
… And, seriously, look at this video.
GAIN THE WORLD BUT LOSE YOURSELF
