The Get Up Kids and the New Amsterdams vocalist Matt Pryor has announced a new solo album. The Salton Sea is due out Nov. 14 via Nightshoes Syndicate/Big Scary Monsters. It’s his seventh solo album, and it’s self-produced, with mixing and additional production by Peter Katis. See the cover art and tracklist below.
“The story that these songs tell is about that time in my life,” Pryor says. “Autumn rolling into spring because the winter was a blackout. How the good times were great until one day they weren’t. How I lost myself and hurt people that I care about. How I got help that didn’t stick and how I lost faith in the help that did. That I came out on the other side of the whole ordeal only to realize I am still a work in progress, that we all are.”
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He’s shared the title track, and you can watch the video, directed by Josh Berwanger, below. “Three years ago, I was in the darkest place of my life, and this song really reflects that time. I was lost, alone, and felt forgotten – I just wanted to disappear,” he says. “I started writing stories about that time in my life, and those stories became songs, and those songs became The Salton Sea.”
Matt Pryor – The Salton Sea tracklist
1. “The Salton Sea”
2. “Barrymores”
3. “The Imperfectionist”
4. “Union Transfer”
5. “The Dishonesty”
6. “Harden Your Heart”
7. “Maria”
8. “I Don’t Pray”
9. “Darken My Door”
10. “Doubt”
