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Post by fathershark on Jan 21, 2005 10:18:37 GMT 10
from www.mushroommusic.com.au/artist/artist.asp?id=387"Matt Handley is currently putting the finishing touches to his debut solo album 'Won't Get Over You' due for release early in 2005. As singer/songwriter/guitarist for Pollyanna ('94-'02), Matt enjoyed great success with his melancholic pop tunes over 5 albums (Long Player, Junior Rock, Hello Halo, Delta City Skies and Didn't Feel a Thing), hundreds of live shows, and amazing radio and TV play including The Secret Life of Us soundtracks 1+3 and Home and Away. 'Won't Get Over You' is an elegant and heartwrenching album, self produced and recorded with Matt playing every instrument. His songwriting skills are even more evident on this record with it's clean uncluttered arrangements, pervasive moods and emphatic vocal melodies. Tracks range from the introspective 'Rhetorical' to the spiteful album closer 'Feels Just Like..' all however posessing an intimacy only hinted at on Matt's previous recordings." I can't fucking wait. Pollyanna were my first Aussie musical obsession, and I've been waiting 3 1/2 years now to hear anything more from their songwriter/singer Matt Handley. |
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Post by somethingforkaty on Jan 21, 2005 15:13:25 GMT 10
;D That's great! Last I heard he was the roady for the filthy Living End ... such a disgrace ...  I figured he had given up writing forever ... hazaar! Let me know when you get it / it's out etc because no doubt I will forget about it ... |
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Post by adelgirly on Jan 21, 2005 23:22:11 GMT 10
awe.sam.
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Post by tilted on Jan 22, 2005 8:44:51 GMT 10
wohoo that's grouse.
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Post by Hecate on Jan 22, 2005 17:35:11 GMT 10
It is great to see Matt Handley writing and singing again. I miss the Pollyanna days and they were a brilliant live band.
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Post by fathershark on Jan 23, 2005 15:39:50 GMT 10
Yes, but the wheels fell out at the end. Matt broke up with Rayke, she married the Ben Folds Five tour manager, they were onto their 4th drummer and Matt's weight blew out to porker proportions.
They also released material so sporadically that their fan base evaporated, and only obsessives like me remember them.
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Post by Jurds on Jan 24, 2005 10:24:21 GMT 10
Ahhh, dont worry Justin....I remember them too. Theres probably not a day that goes by where I am not humming one of their tunes or dreaming that they do a revival tour................i still wait in hope!
Cant wait till this thing is released. I know it has been a long time in the making and I am sure it wont dissapoint. He is a great all round musician too.
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Post by iwonderwhyiquestioneverything? on Jan 28, 2005 18:13:52 GMT 10
and lets not forget that he can pull off a mean cardigan...
this is fantastic news- also the fact that hes back on a major label, should hopefully get a bit of publicity.
on a related note- anyone else a fan of ex- Pretty Violet Stain songwriter Shane Nicholson?
he's coming out with solo record number 2 this year apparently too, which is most exciting
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Post by fathershark on Jan 28, 2005 19:35:54 GMT 10
I'm actually suprised he's back on the Mushroom label, considering how acrimoniously they departed after the release of Delta City Skies in 1999. Mushroom only let them release two singles from the album and chucked $250 at them to make the second music video (Feeding Circle). Pollyanna were happy to be rid of the lack of support of the tightarsed company, and the next album was released on the Longshot label which was started by their first manager Sarah Longhurst (which now appears to have disappeared without a trace).
So, Pollyanna fas, which of their 2 EP's and 4 albums do you prefer the most? I've gotta say, I think Delta City Skies is a bit of an opus.
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Post by twentysomething on Jan 29, 2005 9:47:00 GMT 10
Yep im a big fan of Shane Nicholson, he has an album being recorded at the moment, and he also has plans to release an ep of some songs that he has recorded but wont be on his next album.
Cheers
Matt
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Post by timbaxterml on Jan 29, 2005 12:55:10 GMT 10
Yep im a big fan of Shane Nicholson, he has an album being recorded at the moment, and he also has plans to release an ep of some songs that he has recorded but wont be on his next album. Cheers Matt Wasn't Shance Nicholson from PVS? |
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Post by Hecate on Jan 29, 2005 19:09:48 GMT 10
Wasn't Shance Nicholson from PVS? Yep, Shane Nicholson was from Pretty Violet Stain. The link to him was held in this post which was mentioned a little earlier by b]iwonderwhyiquestioneverything?[ [/b] "on a related note- anyone else a fan of ex- Pretty Violet Stain songwriter Shane Nicholson? he's coming out with solo record number 2 this year apparently too, which is most exciting." |
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Post by timbaxterml on Jan 29, 2005 20:07:53 GMT 10
ah. I'm a lazy shite who doesn't read whole threads.
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Post by Glen on Jan 29, 2005 22:16:48 GMT 10
So, Pollyanna fas, which of their 2 EP's and 4 albums do you prefer the most? I've gotta say, I think Delta City Skies is a bit of an opus. Long Player. So raw, so full of emotion, and it has Big Bully and Electric Cardigan Rock. Delta City skies comes close, but Long Player is just something special. |
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Post by iwonderwhyiquestioneverything? on Jan 30, 2005 12:24:29 GMT 10
I'm actually suprised he's back on the Mushroom label, considering how acrimoniously they departed after the release of Delta City Skies in 1999. Mushroom only let them release two singles from the album and chucked $250 at them to make the second music video (Feeding Circle). Pollyanna were happy to be rid of the lack of support of the tightarsed company, and the next album was released on the Longshot label which was started by their first manager Sarah Longhurst (which now appears to have disappeared without a trace). So, Pollyanna fas, which of their 2 EP's and 4 albums do you prefer the most? I've gotta say, I think Delta City Skies is a bit of an opus. $250 .... jesus, that wouldnt even cover j.lo's nail polish for a video. isnt the song black bear about a tosser mushroom rep or something? that little fact got taken off the official pollyanna website pretty quick from memory! hehe as far as their albums, i cant go past hello halo as a classic. peachy keen is an absolutely perfect opening track in my opinion... never fails to put a smile on my face ;D |
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