Matthew Good

Album Information

"Vancouver," the new album, is tentatively slated to begin recording in Fall 2008 and planned for a Summer 2009 release. It was initially slated to be an EP but Matthew decided that he had written enough material for an entire album. As of writing, this upcoming album will be Matthew Good's first independent release since that of Last of the Ghetto Astronauts.

During the 2007 and 2008 period, Matthew Good posted demos from the album on his official blog.

Preliminary Tracklist

1. 1. Last Parade (4:40?)
2. 2. The Vancouver National Anthem (7:05)
3. 3. The Boy Who Could Explode (7:14)
4. 4. Us Remains Impossible (5:08)
5. 5. On Nights Like Tonight (4:13)
6. 6. Volcanoes (5:09)
7. 7. A Silent Army In The Trees (5:47)
8. 8. Fought To Fight It (4:26)
9. 9. Empty's Theme Park (9:07)
10. 10. Life In Spite Of Itself (3:28)

Note: the track order is not definite.

Timeline

September 27th, 2008 - The final demo version of Last Parade is posted on Matthew's blog.

September 12th, 2008 - Life In Spite Of Itself is posted up on Matthew Good's blog. It may end up being the 10th song on the upcoming album, Vancouver.

August 18th, 2008 - Portrait Of Artist In Jungle is re-recorded and renamed to Last Parade. The song is likely to be the opening track for Vancouver.

August 5th, 2008 - Portrait Of Artist In Jungle is again previewed on the mBlog as well as being retuned with additional lyrics. The song is to be the last one on Vancouver.

July 25th, 2008 - Matthew uploads a new, longer, version of Portrait Of Artist In Jungle. It is nearly four minutes long and has added lyrics.

July 23rd, 2008 - Matthew uploads another demo entitled Portrait Of Artist In Jungle. It mainly features a piano and synthisized violin. The track count of "Vancouver" is at a preliminary 9 songs.

July 20th, 2008 - The new name for the album is announced to be "Vancouver." There are eight songs ready to be recorded at a runtime of 48 minutes.

July 5th, 2008 - Matthew states that he is nearing completion of the album and will record after August.

March 20th, 2008 - Two demos are posted on the blog. They are On Nights Like Tonight and Us Remains Impossible.

March 3rd, 2008 - Empty's Themepark is previewed on the blog.

February 14th, 2008 - Vancouver National Anthem was briefly released on the official blog.

February 5th, 2008 - A song called Bad Pennies shows up on Matthew's MySpace as a joke. It is not a new demo nor will it ever be released

January 30th, 2008 - A new demo, Volcanoes, is previewed on Matthew's official blog.

January 26th, 2008 - Fought to Fight It is briefly posted on the mBlog.

January 3rd, 2008 - The EP is scrapped as Matthew Good now plans to release a full length album.

December 25th, 2007 - A new demo entitled The Boy Who Could Explode was posted on Matthew's page. The lyrics for this song were improvised while recording.

November 26th, 2007 - Matthew briefly posted an instrumental demo on his MySpace page. The track featured a piano track similar to that of Dusk, Avalanche era guitar riffs, and a percussion background.

Around October 31st, 2007 - Matthew Good announces that he will be releasing an EP. It looks like it will be released mainly through the web though it may be available on CD. It is believed that the EP would feature some b-sides and demos like done in the past with Lo-Fi B-Sides and Loser Anthems. If I was a Tidal Wave and Keira Anne were mentioned but will likely not appear in the EP.

September 2007 - Matthew Good premieres a new song, Silent Army in the Trees during his acoustic tour.

Trivia

• Last Parade was originally named Portrait Of Artist In Jungle.
• Portrait Of Artist In Jungle was named after an illustration Matthew Good made. The song was recorded in the middle of the night during a bout of inspiration. Matthew recorded three demos for this song.