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Press
"City Light is a long-distance collaboration, a la the Postal Service...The result of their far-flung efforts seems, oddly enough, strongly tied to a particular environment: the urban spaces inhabited by restless, struggling youth. "Hwy 99" is about life on Aurora, "where the Super 8 is a Hilton / and sirens are lullabies." The less-gloomy "Let's Not Speak" reworks the oft-reworked formula of "opposites attract": "You like poets / I like movie stars / I like records / You like hits / We both hate sunny days." It sounds like a sped-up Casiotone for the Painfully Alone record: fragile, longing vocals over gritty guitars and synth-tones, with some bumping electronic beats." - Seattle Sound Magazine
"I am most interested in the debut of City Light. It is a project from singer-songwriter Matthew Shaw that works with a few artists across the country (a la a more ambitious Postal Service)" - Three Imaginary Girls
"Initially devised by Seattle-based Matthew Shaw and then developed further by Nick Andre, Andy Fitts, and the well-known indie maestro Denver Dalley (Desaparecidos and Statistics), Down the Pacific is an album that will knock you on your ass" - Exoduster.com
"Initially devised by Seattle-based Matthew Shaw and then developed further by Nick Andre, Andy Fitts, and the well-known indie maestro Denver Dalley (Desaparecidos and Statistics), Down the Pacific is an album that will knock you on your ass" - Exoduster.com
Discography
City Light/Her Space Holiday - Split Single (April 7th)
Burned Out Bright (coming soon!)
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Bio
City Light was started by Seattle singer songwriter Matt Shaw with long time friend and bay area producer Nick Andre, who's releases have featured Gift Of Gab, Lateef, Lyrics Born and more. As the project progressed they called upon musician and producer Denver Dalley from Desaparecidos, Statistics, and Intramural and Seattle singer songwriter Andy Fitts from Airport Cathedral and Aqueduct. Together the four of them worked to create one record from three corners of the country that mixed genres of indie-pop, rock , and hip hop. The end result is a dark and unique pop record full of catchy tunes, experimental electronica, and driving beats.
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