Mattiel announces the U.K. release of her album on Heavenly Recordings, shares a teaser for album track ‘Just A Name’ and announces European dates, tickets.
Back in the autumn of 2017 a dear and trusted friend to the folks at Heavenly Recordings told them to go check out the record by Mattiel which had just come out on the acclaimed Californian label, Burger Records, home to Shannon & The Clams, The Oh Sees, The Black Lips & Ty Segall amongst others and known for its cassette only releases.
Anything recommended by the legend that is James Endeacott has to be taken as gospel so Heavenly acted swiftly on the tip and soon found themselves head over heels in love with what they declared to be, without a doubt, the most exciting debut rock ‘n’ roll soul record in many a year.
Born and raised in rural Georgia on her mother’s farm, as an adolescent she found refuge in her mother’s limited record collection, which included records by Donovan, Peter Paul & Mary and The Monkees.
A talented ad designer, illustrator and set builder, she moved to Atlanta and met Randy Michael and Jonah Swilley in 2014 and began writing music that would eventually form the basis of her debut album which was written and recorded quickly over 9 months.
Influenced by the likes of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Andre 3000, Marc Bolan, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Staple Singers and Jack White among many others, the writing process was simple; Michael and Swilley supplied instrumental compositions and handed them over to Mattiel for lyrical content and melodies.
Striking up a friendship with Burger Records, the album received a U.S. release in the autumn of last year.
Finally, she heads over to Europe in May for a run of shows, including a headline show at London’s Lexington. The full list of shows is as follows:
24.05.18 – Groningen – Vera Club
25.05.18 – Amsterdam – London Calling
26.05.18 – Hellendoorn – Dauwpop Festival
27.05.18 – London – All Points East
29.05.18 – London – The Lexington
30.05.18 – Lille – L'Aéronef
31.05.18 – Paris – L’Olympic Café
02.06.18 – Nimes – TINALS
03.06.18 – Barcelona – Primavera Sound Festival
06.06.18 – Marina di Ravenna – Beaches Brew
08.06.18 – Porto – Primavera Sound Festival
09.06.18 – Hilvarenbeek – Best Kept Secret Festival
