Biography
Chasing Strangers, Matt Lancaster's first album, sounds on its surface like a true musical masterpiece. With his mixture of a fast rhythmic guitar, penetrating beats, soulful vocals and lyrics we are led on a roller coaster ride of listening thrills. The songs are deeply complex and simply astonishing. This can clearly be heard on the track "Won't You Give Me Some Sugar”. Comprised of an up-tempo drum line and pure rock sounding riffs, you will need to play this track on an endless repeat.
Several of the album's songs seemed to be metaphors for troubles that Lancaster and all people experience and will be able to relate to on a basic human level. With the song, "I Need", we encounter a modern love song, which talks about the anguish of being away from a lover for an extended period of time.
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Lancaster's diversity is surely inspired by musical gods, such as Jack White, The Beatles, The Foo Fighters, etc. The listener is able to experience a range of different listening pleasures. From the brilliance of the heartfelt acoustic rendition of "Come On, My Way" to the song "Aligned", the first single, a tune that that will stick in your mind. But you are glad that it's there and won't want it to go away.
Though Lancaster has only a small amount of formal training, it is impossible to know because of the raw talent that is shone through his writing, singing and playing. Chasing Strangers is a great Rock/Blues album to jam along to.
After listening to the album you can assure yourself that Matt Lancaster has made the type of album that you will fall in love with and so will everyone else that has the opportunity to hear.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.