Matt Maeson: Never Had to Leave Tour

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• Sunday, Oct 9, 2022  8pm

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Matt Maeson's bluesy, rock-infused alt-folk manages to sound big, bold and intimate all at once, as he mixes raw folk songwriting with anthemic, pop-inspired production. It's a far cry from the music he played growing up in Virginia. Maeson's parents played in Christian metal bands, and he took up drums and guitar as a child to join them on tours around the country, performing in maximum-security prisons and at biker rallies. Through it all, his parents forbade him to listen to rock music, but that didn't keep him out of trouble. As a young adult, he struggled with drugs and even landed in jail, but soon found a sense of salvation in creating his own music. In 2015, he began posting songs to SoundCloud, which caught the attention of a representative at Neon Gold Records. The label quickly signed him, and he released his debut single "Cringe," which eventually topped the U.S. Alternative Songs chart. He took to the road for his first headlining tour around the U.S., bringing venues like Irving Plaza and Observatory North Park to capacity, while he worked on songs for his debut EP, Who Killed Matt Maeson? The following year, he dropped a second EP, The Hearse. Finally, in 2019, Maeson unveiled his debut full-length album, Bank on the Funeral, a dynamic set that combines empowering rock anthems with poignant folk ballads.