Matt Boerum
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Matt Boerum

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States | SELF

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States | SELF
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"Boerum's Debut is Anything But a Cold Hearted Disaster"

The tunes comprise the majority of “Cold Hearted Disaster.” In a way the album, on which Boerum sings and plays guitar, is misnamed; it’s neither cold hearted nor a disaster. An emotion- ally frigid writer never could have penned lyrics to “Feels Like Hell,” its first single.
“Let me out so I can breathe. Feels like hell inside of me. Take your time and tell me how I lost my heart inside a dream.”
Boerum came of age listening to every- one from Johnny Cash to the Beatles to soul singers like Etta James.
“Growing up in the ’90s my older brother was the cool kid, so I would listen to what he listened to, which was alt rock like Nirvana and Foo Fighters,” he said. “So I kind of have a sound like ’50s and ’60s soul mixed with some aggression from the ’90s.” - American Today


""Feels Like Hell" Single Review"

"'Feels Like Hell,' the lead single off of Matt Boerum's forthcoming debut record Cold Hearted Disaster announces the arrival of a formidable voice on the D.C. rock scene. Boerum's plaintive wail steers a soaring melody over a heavy guitar riff, and the song's foreboding alt-rock groove channels the Black Keys. If "Feels Like Hell" is any indicator, Cold Hearted Disaster should be an album to be reckoned with."
- Joel Hoard - Freelance Music Critic. Joel's work has appeared in Rolling Stone magazine, RollingSton


Discography

Feels Like Hell - single, April 23, 2011 Release
Cold Hearted Disaster - album, February 11, 2012 Release

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Matt Boerum (born April 9, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter from the small town of Union Bridge in northern Maryland (population 1,057). Growing up as a shy, middle child of five in an isolated countryside of fields and open air, Matt had little to do but let his imagination run wild. Perhaps it's that isolation that led him to develop such a prominent voice in his debut album "Cold Hearted Disaster"--a voice that demands to be heard.

With a natural flair for evoking feeling through his music, this 80's kid, raised on 50's, 60's and 70's soul and rock n roll, found his signature, passionate vocal style through a combination of his upbringing and the aggravation embellished by his heroes of the 90's alt rock scene.

Matt's songs range from energy driven hard rock to deeply soulful tracks, where every note bleeds with captivating emotion.

Matt Boerum's debut album, "Cold Hearted Disaster" (written, produced and recorded by Matt) released February 11, 2012 after two long years of work.