Arriving in San Francisco by way of Memphis, stranded by his bandmates, with only a few pieces of (mostly broken) musical equipment and a thrift-store recording setup, MATTHEW MELTON got to work in his ardent pursuit of the elusive California dream that brought him across the country. Still Misunderstood documents this pursuit, revealing his single-handed wielding of the form that would later produce both SNAKE FLOWER 2 and BARE WIRES. These thirteen unreleased tracks transcend genre classification, their raw originality setting them outside the bounds of any recognizable category. Yet this originality coincides with an eerie familiarity that reflects Melton’s acute awareness of what makes great music, regardless of time or trend.
SOUTHPAW RECORDS
Usual visitors of wearethelastbeatniks know how much i love fuzz pop jangle garage rockers from the Bay Area ,where Matthew Melton is one of the best songwriters with Bare Wires and Snake FLower, fronted by him .
Below you find that it seems sounds like some obscure lost gem from the late sixties that collects early tracks and demos from Melton that predate both Bare Wires and Snake Flower 2,. Psychedelic, Garage Pop lo-fi, fuzzy and rocking, which only reinforces to Melton’s as one of best current creators of genre.
Matthew Melton* – Still Misunderstood
Label:Southpaw Records
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:US
Released:2010
Tracklist
A1 Turn Back Time
A2 1000 Years
A3 Microbe In A Kiss
A4 Running From The Night
A5 Mind Games
A6 Lorraine
A7 Run Away Forever
B1 Still Misunderstood
B2 Talk About It
B3 She’s So Out
B4 New Transitions
B5 Trapped Inside Yr Maze
B6 Gypsy Child
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