Matthew and the Atlas to play Hare & Hounds

Matthew and the Atlas is Matthew Hegarty. After two EPs of dreamy, textured Americana on Communion Records(the label’s first ever releases back in 2011) and a subsequent year of touring in Europe and the US, Hegarty retreated home – and to his sometime day job as a landscape gardener – to mull over the songs developing in his head and how best to present them to the world.

In the summer of 2013, he went into the studio and, in a short burst, recorded what will be the much anticipated debut Matthew and the Atlas album (due in spring 2014 on Communion Records). To celebrate Matthew hits the road this April, calling at Birmingham’s Hare & Houndson Tues 22nd.

“Tunes that possess the dusty, muscular appeal of Springsteen” – MOJO

“Hegarty’s earthy odes to heartbreak and deliverance have a classic quality … absolutely spellbinding” – The Independent

“The new hope” – London Evening Standard

Matthew and the Atlas Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter

MATTHEW AND THE ATLAS PLAYS HARE & HOUNDS BIRMINGHAM ON TUES 22ND APRIL 2014. TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE.

Watch the video for ‘Pale Sun Rose’ below: