Quit Your Day Job: The New Year

For this back to school Quit Your Day Job, I spoke with Matt Kadane, who with his brother Bubba, has been making gorgeous music for the greater part of the past two decades, first with the perfectly named Bedhead (1992 - 1998) and then the New Year (1999 to the present). Like the New Year's previous work, this self-titled third collection's a quiet gem filled with richly understated, instantly memorable melodies and smart, emotionally naked lyrics. The songs take their time, painting with dusky ...

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