Artist: Matt Mays
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
When the Angels Make Contact
Year: 2006
Tracks: 18
Canadian roots rocker Matt Mays has turn one of the nation's almost popular new artists since striking the road with his championship band, El Torpedo. Born on August 10, 1979, Mays first came to the attention of music fans as a member of the Nova Scotia-based alt-country band the Guthries, wHO formed in 1998. The Guthries released their first album in 2000, Turned Windmill, only spell the album was praised by critics and fared well with fans, Mays opted to hit out on his possess. Mays released his first solo album in early 2003, plainly called Matte Mays, and in order to tour in support of the release, he assembled a road band featuring Jarrett Murphy on guitar and vocals, Rob Crowell on keyboards and saxophone, Andy Patil on bass voice and vocals, and Tim Baker on drums, with Mays handling lead vocals and trading sour guitar lines with Murphy. Extensive roadwork in Canada helped the band gain ground a loyal winnow base, and Mays gave his band co-star billing for his second album, Matte Mays + El Torpedo, released by Sonic Entertainment in the spring of 2005. The songs "Cocain Cowgirl" and "On the Hood" became major hits in Canada, and the band was chosen to subject a major Canadian circuit by the Black Crowes. Mays began fashioning noise in the United States after playing a display case at the 2006 South by Southwest Music Conference and appearing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and in late 2006 Flatness Mays + El Torpedo eventually standard a tardy release in the United States through the independent 02:59 label. As Mays and El Torpedo began touring the United States to push the album in America, they were likewise playing larger shows at habitation in support of record album numeral ternion, the ambitious When the Angels Make Contact. In early 2007, Mays resettled to New York City in order to better promote his career in America, and guitar player Jarrett Murphy amicably left El Torpedo; Jay Smith, from the Cape Breton band Rock Ranger, signed on as the band's new guitar player in April 2007.
