Mat kearney s city of black and white the followup to his 2006 album nothing left to lose far exceeds any expectations i had expectations that have been building for the better part of 3 years.
City of black and white mat kearning.
And actually wrote it in this apartment overlooking the bosphorus river in istanbul which separates europe and asia which is very odd but the city is on both sides you know it s like literally divides the continents.
Faded greens and blue street lights there s a red fire burning.
On the day of its release the bonus track version peaked at 7 on the itunes top albums.
This whole city s black and white tell me what is your color could it be the same as mine.
Mat kearney is a contender.
Kearney s songs go down easily but that hasn t stopped him from relying on a glistening production that sugarcoats everything he sings supporting his tunes with lightly looped.
General commentin a recent interview this is what mat kearney had to say about city of black and white.
City of black white is the third studio album by mat kearney released on may 19 2009 it follows his 2006 major label debut nothing left to lose the first single closer to love was released on march 10 2009 as a digital download to promote the album kearney toured with keane and the helio sequence.
I was privileged enough to be on scene in knoxville tn around the time he made his beginnings bullet.
This whole city s black and white tell me what is your color could it be the same as mine faded greens and blue street lights there s a red fire burning from.
In the opening line of all i have the cds first track mat says and here we go at it 3 years later and i am immediately reassured that this.
City of black white lyrics.
Cause i don t want to wait until tomorrow to tell you how i d feel the rest of my life you don t want a waste another minute when you realize walking on the dark side of the evening maybe it was you that opened my eyes burning like a fire on the water the city of black and white.
City of black and white was another song that i wrote with a friend.
Having said that there isn t a bad song to be had on city of black and white and i could similarly gush about his previous and following offerings.
City of black and white the second national release from aware columbia singer songwriter mat kearney finds the artist in a very different place.