Matthew And The Atlas To Support New Album 'This Place We Live' With Autumn UK And European Tour
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Dave Watts
Matthew And The Atlas has announced a new album and accompanying UK and European tour dates.
British singer-songwriter Matt Hegarty will release 'This Place We Live' through Communion Records on October 13. He said:
"'This Place We Live' was written during a time where I found myself increasingly looking back into the past. Different journeys taken for good and bad, choices made and how they shaped my future. It was also the first time I recorded and produced a record, from setting up a home studio, to learning the gear and shaping the songs. The record is about all those experiences and family, parenthood, love, and loss and how they become a part of you."
It'll include the newly shared single, Nineteen, a warm, acoustic guitar-led track that explores themes of youth and the opportunity it brings, fatherhood and reflection. Commenting on the song, he added: "I wrote Nineteen during a period when I was making music but struggling to focus on a clear direction to take it in, and I began to feel like I was losing my way creatively.
"This led me to reminiscing on how I felt about music when I was younger. I used to run an off-licence in my early twenties and a friend of mine would always drop by. We would stand out at the front of the shop, talking about bands we loved from America, what it would be like to tour there and if we’d ever be able to do music full time. The shop was in a little Hampshire town, next to a railway line which seemed very far away from that world, but it all seemed possible still. Nineteen is trying to recapture that feeling of excitement and possibility I had back then when we were kids."
Hegarty will support his first full-length since 2019's 'Morning Dancer' with a 30-date trek across the UK and Europe in October and November. Stops include Nottingham, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Kendal, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Bristol, Brighton, London, Totnes, Lyme Regis and Norwich, with tickets on general sale at 10am on May 26.
Matthew and the Atlas Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri October 27 2023 - NOTTINGHAM Rough Trade Nottingham
Sat October 28 2023 - BIRMINGHAM Actress And Bishop
Sun October 29 2023 - LIVERPOOL Kaz Stockroom
Wed November 01 2023 - MANCHESTER Manchester The Deaf Institute.
Thu November 02 2023 - LEEDS Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel
Fri November 03 2023 - KENDAL Brewery Arts Centre
Sat November 04 2023 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Think Tank At Digital
Sun November 05 2023 - EDINBURGH Caves
Tue November 07 2023 - BRISTOL Mount Without
Wed November 08 2023 - BRIGHTON Komedia (Basement)
Thu November 09 2023 - LONDON Milton Court Concert Hall
Fri November 10 2023 - TOTNES St Marys Church
Sat November 11 2023 - LYME REGIS Marine Theatre
Sun November 12 2023 - NORWICH Arts Centre
Tue November 14 2023 - ROTTERDAM LantarenVenster (Netherlands)
Wed November 15 2023 - UTRECHT TivoliVredenberg (Netherlands)
Thu November 16 2023 - GRONINGEN Lutherse Kerk (Netherlands)
Sun November 19 2023 - BERN ISC Club Bern (Switzerland)
Mon November 20 2023 - ZURICH Papiersaal (Switzerland)
Tue November 21 2023 - MUNICH Ampere (Germany)
Wed November 22 2023 - BERLIN Columbia Theater (Germany)
Fri November 24 2023 - PRAGUE Cafe V Lese (Czech Republic)
Sun November 26 2023 - WARSAW Jassmine (Poland)
Tue November 28 2023 - DRESDEN Beatpol (Germany)
Wed November 29 2023 - COLOGNE Artheater (Germany)
Thu November 30 2023 - PARIS Pop Up Du Label (France)
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