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Simple Complex

by Graven

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    Coming in with a loud fuzzy bang for my 15th release, it's "Simple Complex". This album sort of constitutes my mind for the past few years and all of the major traumas and changes I've gone through on my soul-rebuilding journey towards self-love. This record also represents the idea that so many things are seemingly simple but very complex in nature, and the 8 songs speak to those themes: Relationships, Self-Love, Music, The Past, Letting Go, Accepting Pain, Stepping Into Who You Are, Death and Memory. It's sonically wilder than anything I've done, and that was largely due to Charles Austin running wild on every track and playing several instruments. The songs are also geared towards my musical heroes in composition and style. It was mixed by Joel Plaskett and recorded in his very own Fang Studios in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia over 6 days. I hope you enjoy hearing it as much as I enjoyed making it.


    Matty McKechnie: songwriting, vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitar, bass, synth
    Charles Austin: guitars, omnichord, fuzz bass, effect guidance, sonic wizardry
    Kevin Corbett: pedal steel, electric guitar, bass
    Jeff Gay: piano, synth
    Jordan Murphy: drums, percussion
    Joel Plaskett: guitar leads on "Exploded"
    Engineered by Thomas Stajcer and Alex Burris
    Mixed by Joel Plaskett
    Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova
    With inspiration from The New Band (Gideon Yellin, Rehuel Ernest, Dan Marshall and Tom Thompson)

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    Coming in with a loud fuzzy bang for my 15th release, it's "Simple Complex". This album sort of constitutes my mind for the past few years and all of the major traumas and changes I've gone through on my soul-rebuilding journey towards self-love. This record also represents the idea that so many things are seemingly simple but very complex in nature, and the 8 songs speak to those themes: Relationships, Self-Love, Music, The Past, Letting Go, Accepting Pain, Stepping Into Who You Are, Death and Memory. It's sonically wilder than anything I've done, and that was largely due to Charles Austin running wild on every track and playing several instruments. The songs are also geared towards my musical heroes in composition and style. It was mixed by Joel Plaskett and recorded in his very own Fang Studios in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia over 6 days.


    Matty McKechnie: songwriting, vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitar, bass, synth
    Charles Austin: guitars, omnichord, fuzz bass, effect guidance, sonic wizardry
    Kevin Corbett: pedal steel, electric guitar, bass
    Jeff Gay: piano, synth
    Jordan Murphy: drums, percussion
    Joel Plaskett: guitar leads on "Exploded"
    Engineered by Thomas Stajcer and Alex Burris
    Mixed by Joel Plaskett
    Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova
    With inspiration from The New Band (Gideon Yellin, Rehuel Ernest, Dan Marshall and Tom Thompson)

    Includes unlimited streaming of Simple Complex via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ... more
    ships out within 98 days

      $30 CAD or more 

     

1.
Well I do believe the odds of the high romantic gods Are stacked up against my old unlucky soul I have lived my 9 lives 81 gazillion times And yet I anti-up and let the old dice roll But I'm still a sucker for the rush Well I've got too many words - my thoughts are hummingbirds Momentarily ethereal and gone And the voice inside my head speaks what Holden Caulfield said "Everybody's phony - but I'm the biggest one" And I'm still hoping for a flush And I don't know what I want I'm here I'm there I'm gone On the run from the hunt for the trophy shelf No matter how good my view, I am always somewhere else And I don't know what I want I'm here I'm there I'm gone On the run from the hunt for the trophy shelf No matter how good my view, I am always somewhere else Well I do believe the odds of the matchmaking gods Are a thousand to one against my hand But I'll live in the world between - in a meadow in my dream Where the grass is always greener than where I am But I'm still hoping for a flush And I don't know what I want I'm here I'm there I'm gone On the run from the hunt for the trophy shelf No matter how good my view, I am always somewhere else
2.
Simple Complex - I don't check my texts Got an algorithm for dealing with my friends I don't need to flex or hang with architects To see the arcades and arches of discontent If you could design all the love in the world tonight All the angles just don't seem right If you could close your eyes and let all the formulas die You'd see that the simplest complex beats inside you Down in this basement, my soul is a casement Got a sidelight beside the transom of me I might be belated but I'm never truncated These songs are a portico into my glee If you could design all the love in the world tonight All the angles just don't seem right If you could close your eyes and let all the formulas die You'd see that the simplest complex beats inside you Love will find love again (x4) If you could design all the love in the world tonight All the angles just don't seem right If you could close your eyes and let all the formulas die You'd see that the simplest complex beats inside you
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Music Magic 03:01
4.
Hard Time 04:27
5.
Wish Star 03:21
6.
Exploded 03:33
7.
Graven 03:49
8.
Betty 05:00

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Coming in with a loud fuzzy bang for my 15th release, it's "Simple Complex". This album sort of constitutes my mind for the past few years and all of the major traumas and changes I've gone through on my soul-rebuilding journey towards self-love. This record also represents the idea that so many things are seemingly simple but very complex in nature, and the 8 songs speak to those themes: Relationships, Self-Love, Music, The Past, Letting Go, Accepting Pain, Stepping Into Who You Are, Death and Memory. It's sonically wilder than anything I've done, and that was largely due to Charles Austin running wild on every track and playing several instruments. The songs are also geared towards my musical heroes in composition and style. It was mixed by Joel Plaskett and recorded in his very own Fang Studios in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia over 6 days.


Matty McKechnie: songwriting, vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitar, bass, synth
Charles Austin: guitars, omnichord, fuzz bass, effect guidance, sonic wizardry
Kevin Corbett: pedal steel, electric guitar, bass
Jeff Gay: piano, synth
Jordan Murphy: drums, percussion
Joel Plaskett: guitar leads on "Exploded"
Engineered by Thomas Stajcer and Alex Burris
Mixed by Joel Plaskett
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova
With inspiration from The New Band (Gideon Yellin, Rehuel Ernest, Dan Marshall and Tom Thompson)

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released February 25, 2022

Matty McKechnie: songwriting, vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitar, bass, synth
Charles Austin: guitars, omnichord, fuzz bass, effect guidance, sonic wizardry
Kevin Corbett: pedal steel, electric guitar, bass
Jeff Gay: piano, synth
Jordan Murphy: drums, percussion
Joel Plaskett: guitar leads on "Exploded"
Engineered by Thomas Stajcer and Alex Burris
Mixed by Joel Plaskett
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova
With inspiration from The New Band (Gideon Yellin, Rehuel Ernest, Dan Marshall and Tom Thompson)
Artwork by Marc Audet (Ottawa Gig Posters)

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Graven Ottawa, Ontario

Graven (Matty McKechnie) is a Nepean, Ontario, Canada-born indie folk musician and songwriter who used to make bedroom rap casettes in his teens under the name “Man Of Steel”. His newest album Simple Complex was mixed by Joel Plaskett and made in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. ... more

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