new Matthew Ryan album to be released 4-01-08 (not an April Fool's joke). Anyone who has heard his previous releases such as the brilliant and haunting debut "May Day", the mostly acoustic "Concussion" (containing a duet with Lucinda Williams, and a cover of the Clash's Somebody Got Murdered), or the stunning "Regret Over the Wires" knows that he is a superb songwriter, and that the Springsteen and Waits comparisons are no exaggeration.



Matthew Ryan & Silver State - MRVSS

Description:
Matthew Ryan has two moods: sad and angry. Sometimes you get both in the same song. You get more of the same on this album, but with a sympathetic and sloppy band backing him up. And what you end up with is a Replacements album with a very literate singer/songwriter. Nothing against Paul Westerberg, but he never quoted the great World War I soldier/poet Wilfrid Owen. - Andy Whitman, Paste

1. Dulce Et Decorum Est 7:02
2. American Dirt 4:33
3. Meet Me By The River 4:49
4. It Could've Been Worse 5:45
5. Hold On Firefly 2:41
6. Jane, I Still Feel The Same 3:41
7. Killing The Ghost 4:02
8. They Were Wrong 4:18
9. I Only Want To Be The Man You Want 4:20
10. Drunk And Disappointed 4:35
11. Closing In 4:43
12. Rainy Night In Soho 5:31

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0014DC0PA/?tag=imwan-20