Mat Kearney - Young Love

Mat Kearney - Nashville-based singer/songwriter follows up his 2009 album City of Black and White with the new project once again with longtime friend, collaborator and producer Robert Marvin (and Jason Lehning) at the controls...'06 album Nothing to Lose has sold more than 450,000 copies...infectious, rousing new album is a self-described "documentary" as the songwriter lyrically looking back not only on his life but his family's as well...// Release: Young Love (August 2, Universal/Aware) // Sounds like: Kearney has leaned on a freestyling, beat-centric approach before but this album takes that style to a whole new level...lead track "Hey Mama", written for his new wife, began with handclaps and bass drum beat, Kearney dancing around his living room as he played with the rhythmic rhyming lyrics...

Quote: "I approached Young Love like a singer-songwriter would approach a hip-hop record. We would start with beats or grooves that your body already responds to. It was a fun and fulfilling experiment." // What we like: Kearney's reliance on the physical groove in the production doesn't overwhelm the cleverly hook-filled melodies..."Sooner Or Later" sounds like a Coldplay track with a gargantuan beat and killer chorus..."Learning to Love Again" is a stand out, this time Kearney's trusty acoustic chordings keeping the rhythm with a more laid back touch...

   

Mat Kearney - "Hey Mama" (from the album Young Love)

Mat Kearney - Young Love Sampler