Draw - Mathew Jay

Again I've been shopping in "Missing" in Paisley (I swear I don't work for them) and I noticed an old card case with dull colours and the simple plain looking words "MATTHEWJAY draw" on the bottom. One to be easily intrigued and always looking for a bargain I saw a "£0.25" price sticker and was unable to to turn down what suddenly became one the best buys I've ever made. On the back of the case is the track listing, the copyright information and the words "For promotional use only" (so I admit I'm not reviewing the exact same album as this site has it, but the track listing is the same). Now having never heard of ...

Up to recently I had avoided solo artists like the plague reasoning that something was always going to be more interesting if it came from a group of people. This rather pathetic logic was turned on its head after I discovered Nick Drake and the most recent albums from Badly Drawn Boy and Sparklehorse. So where once I would have treaded neatly around stuff released by artists like Matthew Jay, I now head straight for the nearest listening post. 'Draw' does not disappoint; in fact its quality is downright stunning. The production is lush, the ideas are creative and it is liable to leave you in various stages of exhilaration. Yeah, it is that good. ...