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Aqualung
Cary Brothers
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3rd And Lindsley
Nashville, TN
6/19/2005
By: Lindsey M. Keen
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Child prodigy Matt Hales, who at the age of 17 conducted his
first symphony "Life Cycle" (performed by a 60-piece
orchestra), sat timidly in front of a dark and sleek black
grand piano at 3rd And Lindsley for his live broadcast for
WRLT in Nashville, TN.
His recent release, Strange And Beautiful has
generated a lot of buzz after Hales not-so-simple life was
turned on end. At one moment he was working for an
advertising agency that asked him to create something for a
VW ad. In turn, he gave the ad execs a little ditty he created
at home and then...poof. People called radio stations all over
the United States requesting "Strange And Beautiful." And
much like the commercial success of the Nick Drake classic
"Pink Moon," Hales music career was yet again taking
off.
A hush fell over the sold out crowd, all listened intensely to
Aqualung. Hales pulled songs from his debut album,
"Another Little Hole," "Still Life" and "Falling out Of Love,"
which attracts melancholy lovers and enthusiasts of hope
within heartache. The opener, Cary Brothers, who's hit
"Blue Eyes" made its way to the soundtrack of Garden
State, also joined Aqualung for his current radio
single "Brighter Than Sunshine."
After WRLT went off the air, Hales came back to the stage
and played the Beach Boys' classic "God Only Knows" and
closed his intimate set with "Tongue-Tied," a slow-moving
melody about someone who's waiting silently for something
to happen from a love affair yet "feels like the end" is
approaching.
The whispery voiced Hales' well-crafted songs brilliantly
display choruses that rise high with a genuine stream of
creative poetry pouring from each verse, all the while
supported by his tender piano approach. Although Hales
wasn't all that popular before he sold a song to VW, his new
life is, after all, strange and beautiful.
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