Matthew Fountain Portland, Oregon
Portland upstarts whose cinematic song noir fuses densely arranged chamber folk, moody, syncopated grooves, and angular, runaway-train guitar work—set against a wearied baritone and direct-yet-poetic lyrics on everyday mysteries and anxieties-- love, war, eternity, identity. Influences include Leonard Cohen, Talking Heads, Portishead, Harry Nilsson, Björk, and Elliott Smith. ... more
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