★★★★★
His pen also still can drip out a poignant lament. On "Sky High Honey," he compares a breakup to dying with a still-beating heart. While not exactly a groundbreaking sentiment, it's more the way he constructs the chorus, both lyrically and with its arrangement, that anyone who has ever been through a breakup can relate to: No more late night drives to Boston No more Cure songs to get lost in No more taxis, subway tokens, Arms wide open, I'm sky high honey - gone His latest album isn't a...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-08-13
★★★★★
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No one has rated this album. You can be the first. Matt Nathanson - Last of the Great PretendersMatt Nathanson - Last of the Great PretendersRelease Date: July 16, 2013
Record Label: Vanguard Records
For a very long time, Matt Nathanson was a live performer first and an album maker second...
- www.absolutepunk.net
2013-08-13
★★★★★
"The only one that's left to trust / My faithless heart wasted us..." Wow. To describe the highlighted lyric as merely poetic would an understatement. Matt Nathanson possesses the wonderful gift to compose songs that are thoughtfully conceived, in the singer/songwriter vein. Not only can Nathanson pen 'em, he can also sing them with great passion and nuance. On his 2013 effort, Last of the Great Pretenders, Nathanson delivers a set of 11 songs that soundly represent his musical talents...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-09-05
★★★★★
"The only one that's left to trust / My faithless heart wasted us..." Wow. To describe the highlighted lyric as merely poetic would an understatement. Matt Nathanson possesses the wonderful gift to compose songs that are thoughtfully conceived, in the singer/songwriter vein. Not only can Nathanson pen 'em, he can also sing them with great passion and nuance. On his 2013 effort, Last of the Great Pretenders, Nathanson delivers a set of 11 songs that soundly represent his musical talents...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-07-18
★★★★★
For a very long time, Matt Nathanson was a live performer first and an album maker second. That's not an insult: it took Springsteen a few tries to really translate the emotion and energy of his live show into a studio recording, and the same happens for quite a few natural-born talents. Quite simply, the stage and the studio are two very different beasts, and mastering the latter when you are so used to performing in the former cannot possibly be an easy task...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-07-16
★★★★★
On the inside flap of the digi-pak of Matt Nathanson's new album Modern Love, he discusses the inspiration behind the making of the record by stating, "this record's a collection of songs about love and how it exists now...In a time where technology and warp speed and instant gratification are the premium." And after multiple listens to the album since picking it up Tuesday June 21 (release date), the album certainly lives up to that billing...
- www.roughstock.com
2011-06-27
★★★★★
It's long been a mystery to me why singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson hasn't caught on with a mainstream audience. He writes accomplished, heartfelt songs, and he radiates the easygoing, nice-guy personality of an older, wiser John Mayer. And, as major-label debut Beneath These Fireworks proves, he's entirely unafraid of the light-rock production flourishes you can hear right now on any radio station with "Mix" in its name...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
It's long been a mystery to me why singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson hasn't caught on with a mainstream audience. He writes accomplished, heartfelt songs, and he radiates the easygoing, nice-guy personality of an older, wiser John Mayer. And, as major-label debut Beneath These Fireworks proves, he's entirely unafraid of the light-rock production flourishes you can hear right now on any radio station with "Mix" in its name...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
There has never been a shortage of love songs that serve as band-aids for the wounded human heart. In an age where young soulful male crooners such as Howie Day, Pete Yorn, and Gavin DeGraw are being showcased all over the radio, up-and-comer Matt Nathanson remains a stand-out in this category. His major label debut, Beneath these Fireworks comes ten years after his first self-released album, Please back in 1993...
- www.the-trades.com
2010-12-07
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