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CD RELEASE SHOW on May 28th at Apollo Grill in Easthampton, Massachusetts

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Head to one of the best places in Western Massachusetts to celebrate the release of Apheresis, Matthew Larsen and The Documents’ debut 12 track CD lovingly recorded in studios, living rooms, and hallways in Massachusetts, New York, and California. Daniel Lefkowitz, currently touring with The Low Anthem, will be opening the show. His recently released CD, Wilder Shores Of Love will also be available. No advance tickets necessary. There will be a suggested donation at the door.

Get to Apollo Grill early, have a bite/drink and grab a spot!

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Who
Matthew Larsen and The Documents CD RELEASE
When
Saturday, May 28, 2011
8:00pm - All Ages
Where
Apollo Grill (map)
116 Pleasant Street
Easthampton, MA
Other Info
Daniel Lefkowitz opens the show. More information soon!

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“Apheresis” available NOW!

Apheresis, the debut album by Matthew Larsen and The Documents, gets released into the world today. Featuring guest appearances by Dave Chalfant, Philip Price, Matthew Loiacono, Mark Schwaber, Ethan Tufts, Rebekah Dutkiewicz, and Julia Suriano, it was recorded in studios, houses, and apartments in Massachusetts, New York, and California.

Apheresis by Matthew Larsen and The Documents

It’s available here as well as iTunes, Amazon, and other online retailers.

Fourth Floor single available for download on the iTunes, BandCamp, eMusic, etc.

We are happy to inform you that Fourth Floor is now up on iTunes, Bandcamp, eMusic, Amazon MP3, etc. for your downloading pleasure. Additionally, you can pre-order our new album, Apheresis here.

The song starts out with piano and cello. By the end, it’s a wall of sound extravaganza featuring David Chalfant, Rebekah Dutkiewicz, Aric Bieganek, Ethan Tufts, and Matthew Loiacono. Think “Hey Jude” without the na-nas.

The lyrics were written on Dec. 24th, 2005, when Matthew was a patient at Brigham & Women’s hospital, waiting for one final blood transfusion before getting released back into the world on Christmas Day. It had been a rough month-long stay in the hospital.

Session #20: Greg’s Living Room

Using a laptop to record some extra elements in various locations has been really fun. Tuesday evening, Greg, Steve, and I decided to give this a shot over at Greg’s place in downtown Holyoke. Greg’s place is great… A nice loft with lovely views of the awesome buildings in Holyoke. I really love my city.

So after some delicious mole, pupusas, and pork burritos at El Guanaco in South Hadley Falls, Steve, Greg, and I headed to Greg’s to put some finishing touches on The Spires. Steve had to download the driver for the Tascam US-144 interface we’re using, but we were up and running in no time.

Session 20: Greg's Apartment
 



Down the street at city hall, a chicken ordinance was being debated. There was quite a turnout! Parking on the street was a little busy.

The other thing that was happening was a lively service at the recent storefront church that opened down the street. What was great was that Greg’s amp was picking up some of the signal from it (maybe they had a wireless mic?). The person giving the sermon in Spanish can actually be heard towards the tail end of Greg’s guitar track on The Spires. It’s awesome.

I am getting really excited to start promoting the record, and am pleased to tell you that I’ve decided on a title!

More about that soon.

Session #2: Sackamusic

It was a beautiful day to head up to Conway Rock City for our second night of recording. Greg, Steve and I recorded some drums for Mirror after a bunch of takes. It’s a waltzy little number that I wrote many years ago. Greg saw Steve and I perform it way back when we were doing Smokejumpers shows, and now he’s playing on it. Fun times. Steve, Greg, and Dave Chalfant worked out some fantastic bass parts for Committed To Tape and Storm Of The Century, I sang a scratch vocal for Committed To Tape, and Greg added some guitar shit too. Oh, and we even had time to rehearse Kindred a bit. All in all it was a really productive evening.

Greg and I took some pictures of the goingson…

Session 2: Sackamusic
 


Sackamusic Session #1 starts tonight

photo by kristen beam

photo by Kristen Beam

Tonight I’m heading up to Sackamusic in Conway, MA to start recording with Dave Chalfant. I’m taking Steve Biegner and Greg Saulmon and we’re going to be working on a few songs. It marks the first real (not reel) recording for the forthcoming album.

It somehow seems fitting to be starting this a day after my birthday and opening yet another new chapter in my crazy life. In a phone call yesterday, my dad and I discussed whether or not I thought I was “cured”. I told him I try not to think about it, which is true. Actually, I probably won’t ever be able to answer this question. This fact tends to insert itself into almost every one of my songs in one way or another.

It’s been about 8 or 9 years since I made the last record. I am reminded of how I got to this point, and if I pile up all those circumstances it’s a little overwhelming. But with that, it’s exhilerating too.

I intend to have a lot of fun. To use a Massachusettsism, I’m “wicked excited”.