Mattiel - Georgia Gothic

Released 18th March 2022.

Georgia Gothic, a magic third in Mattiels run of full-length albums, was shaped in the quiet seclusion of a woodland cabin in the north of the Atlanta duos mother-state; Some faraway place that just Jonah and I could go where there would be no distractions, nothing else going on, and we could turn everything off and only focus on writing songs, reflects Brown. Where 2017s self-titled debut and its 2019 follow-up Satis Factory were written with what Swilley refers to as a hands-off approach he arranging the music and Brown the lyrics and vocals, the two working largely separately the making of Georgia Gothic was, for the first time, a truly collaborative undertaking. This was the first time we made a point to just be together and work out ideas in the same room. That was the initial intention ... it was about learning what each other wanted to accomplish on a sonic level, and then just trying different things out Swill