Echoes & Ghosts - Demos 2001-2009

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1.	To The Light 04:55	info	buy track
2.	Sweet Little Girl 02:35	info	buy track
3.	If You Will 04:29	info	buy track
4.	Far & Few 03:48	info	buy track
5.	Silly Tales... 05:08	info	buy track
6.	Breaking Sunshine 01:51	info	buy track
7.	Counting 03:56	info	buy track
8.	Save The Day (Broken Mix) 03:47	info	buy track
9.	New Southern Light 03:24	info	buy track
10.	No Rest, No Sleep 03:32	info	buy track
11.	Picking Up The Pieces 02:40	info	buy track
12.	Lose Control 03:59	info	buy track
13.	Don't Walk Away 06:10	info	buy track
14.	Strut! 02:43	info	buy track
15.	Smile 03:41	info	buy track
16.	Find Another Me 03:20		buy track
17.	The Hardest Load 03:05	info	buy track
18.	To Pass The Time 03:25	info	buy track
19.	Time Flies 03:28	info	buy track
20.	Who We Are 04:21		buy track
21.	If You Will (Reprise) 03:57	info	buy track

about

It was around 2003.

A few years earlier I’d picked up the guitar again after packing a bag and moving to New Zealand.

There was a girl. There is always a girl…

Writing and recording on a cheap guitar and a tape recorder in bedrooms across the world, filling up books with songs and ideas I now wanted people to actually hear them. There were a couple of websites I knew that would stream songs to like-minded fans for review. First I’d need a name.

My own surname had caused me enough trouble in one way or another over the years so what would it be? I looked at the pile of books I had been writing into on a daily basis and searched for the least popular initial on the website’s band listings. It was ‘Y’
Yearbook seemed to fit the criteria. I didn’t know it would stick…

Over the next couple of years I continued to write and record demos on shitty computers and limited resources as much as life allowed. Working with the theory that if a song is not recorded it never really exists, I tried to capture as much music as I could in any way possible.
The songs eventually seeped onto blogs, compilations, radio shows and mixtapes.

‘Wire & Wood’ was my first attempt at a real ‘ep’. Not long after recording and releasing it I was asked to open for some bands that were passing through town and eventually went on to perform my own shows. Just me, my guitar and a harmonica.

In 2007 after meeting Glen Brown and Stefan Braunias, ‘BareBones and Cabaret’ were formed. We’d consume as much of whatever we could get our hands on before, during and after gigs. We’d have practise sessions that lasted 8 hours or more and formed a brotherhood. During this time I continued to play solo shows with occasional guest spots from band members and friends. The ‘Shipwrecks’ ep came about during that time as well as the self-titled debut from ‘BareBones and Cabaret’. I’d written so many songs, we played the hell out of them taking some to entirely new realms as a band. Will we ever record the follow up album? I like to keep an open mind but won’t be counting down the days.

Now? I love most of the songs on ‘Echoes & Ghosts’ and it’s only right to give them a home. Yes, they are demos, varied in style and quality but at the now they have a place to exist. I am still writing and recording as much as possible and intend to release another 'ep' or album as soon as I can. Whether it’s as ‘Matt Yearbook’, ‘Matthew P.Schobs’, ‘BareBones and Cabaret’ or something entirely different, every song needs a home.

It’s been a ride so far…
Thanks for listening.

Matt
March 2017

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released March 6, 2017

Matt Yearbook aka Matthew P. Schobs.
Occasional guitars, mandolin and backing vocals by Glen Brown.

Original artwork by Daniel Anngow.

www.danielanngow.com

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