Matt Gouette

Rank #5 New London, CT Pop / Rock / Experimental

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Members: Matt Gouette

Sounds Like: The Cure, Elliott Smith, The Beatles, David Bowie (Official), Death Cab for Cutie

Label: The Telegraph Recording Company, The Telegraph Recording Company

Manager: Cornelius Waffle

Bio: Matt Gouette is a pop virtuoso, trickster musician, and multi-instrumentalist who quite simply crafts some of the finest tracks you are likely to hear. He is comfortable in all genres it seems and his listeners are rewarded with subtle songwriting full of hooks and harmonies that linger. His work... See Full Bio

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New E.P., "Sunnyside", is now streaming and downloadable at http://mattgouetteofficial.bandcamp.com/

Press

“Gouette wants to make it in the music industry, but he’s one of the few who could make it on sheer talent alone — think Todd Rundgren, Nick Lowe, David Bowie. Gouette, 26, of New London, is a maverick, a singular figure who writes, records and produces his music; like the men above and the Stevie Wonders and Paul McCartneys of the world, he’s a one-man band. ”

— Tim Malcom, Norwich Bulletin

“Gouette's recently released a CD via the Cosmodemomic Telegraph imprint, Living with the Ghost. The disc could all go by in a flash, with its effortless hooks and entirely accessible melodicism, but it shouldn't—Gouette is a gifted craftsman, and his entirely self-recorded (even with its frequent full-band instrumentation) CD rises and falls with the expert dynamism of someone who knows how to craft both a song and a song arc. Gouette can be as straightforward as the best of 'em, but in his quirks he really shines—the off-kilter song structures and surprising builds create tension and display great imagination and confidence, the many moments of strange beauty where he goes for the haunting, weird pop-gut of it all, the recognizable yet new sensibility that lifts him above the sum of his classic pop influences”

— Brian Larue, New Haven Advocate

“The dreamy cover art and an opening instrumental prelude go a long way toward setting listeners up for fantasy — suspending their disbelief and opening their ears to accept and get sucked into Matt Gouette’s personal, melodic universe. “What Do You Think” is a trashed-out garage rock tune, with a little Replacements and a little Sonic Youth shining through the seams. “I Want to Thank You” is a pop anthem you’d expect to run across on an old Matthew Sweet or Teenage Fanclub record. From there, the album gets softer and more melancholy for a while and the range of moods only continues to expand as you work into the deeper cuts. “Opinion” gets all electronic on our asses, in the spirit of New Order or Depeche Mode, with a catchy chorus that I only wish was the kind of stuff they still played in dance clubs across the country. File this in the records-I will-continue-to-listen-to-once-I’m-done-reviewing-them category.”

— Mike Sembos, New Haven Advocate

“Gouette's 'Picked Up' is an introspective yet observational ballad, hauntingly beautiful in its simplicity of form and power. Gouette's voice hovers ethereally above the music, meandering from thought to thought in a soliloquy which encompasses growth, death, birth, life, love and other everyday symptoms of our humanity. Gouette's closing line, 'this is what I've noticed while waiting to be noticed/this is what I've picked up while waiting to be picked up' would surely win the best ending award. ”

— Derek Olsen, The Scope

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Giants Orbiting

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I Want To Thank You

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Sat
Apr 13

Mystic German Club
Mystic, CT, US | 12:00pm
Mystic German Club
Mystic, CT, US
Sat Apr 13 12:00pm
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Fri
Apr 12

Songbird Cafe
Old Lyme, CT, US | 6:00pm
Songbird Cafe
Old Lyme, CT, US
Fri Apr 12 6:00pm
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2012
Sep 22

Eugene O'Neill Rose Barn
Waterford, CT, US | 6:00pm
Eugene O'Neill Rose Barn
Waterford, CT, US
Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:00pm
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Please join us Saturday, Sept. 22 for the official CD release party for "Rave On: A Tribute to the Reducers Vol. 1", a brand new 24-track tribute to America's best unsigned band, The Reducers. The show will take place at the first venue the Reducers played together as a band, the Rose Barn at the Eugene O'Neill Theater in Waterford, CT. Live performances from Reducers peers and friends Heap, the Dogmatics, the Manchurians, Paul Brockett Roadshow, the Rivergods (w/Dave Rave & Lauren Agnelli), the Clothespi ns, Jes Farnsworth (of the Backstabbers), Matt Gouette (with band), Blonde Furniture and Missy Roback will focus on Reducer's (and Reducers-related) music. Bring your dance shoes! Doors open at 6:30pm. There is a suggested donation of $10, and the new CD will be available for purchase. All profits from the event and CD sales will benefit the family of Steve Kaika, the Reducers' bassman who died earlier this year after a courageous battle with cancer. Beer and wine will be available for purchase, and as always at the O'Neill, there will be free pretzels. Stay tuned for more release details on "Rave On: A Tribute to the Reducers Vol. 1" out Sept. 22 on Good Sponge Records.
2011
Jul 14

The Oasis
New London, CT, US | 8:00pm
The Oasis
New London, CT, US
Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:00pm
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2011
Jan 11

Bean and Leaf Cafe
New London, CT, US | 7:00pm
Bean and Leaf Cafe
New London, CT, US
Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:00pm
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Anne Castellano and t...
I'm visiting your page, and the captcha is "tom waits". Pretty crazy, huh?
Ashley Grey From Go...
Gorilla Music is now booking for a Battle of Bands at Webster’s Underground on Saturday 12/17...give me a call 216-624-9103
Lex Lara
Summers Without Mars is a sweet track. Keep rockin'
John Revitte
Hi Matt, Cool synth and great vocals on "Opinion"!!!
BATTLE MAIDEN
Really enjoyed visiting your site and hearing your tracks… We wish you only the best here on REVERBNATION…..Sending respect and feeling the love….BATTLE MAIDEN…Maude, J...
Far Off Place
Yo Matt, Josh here (aka the dills) just thought i'd let you know i cant take your disc out of my player, I think its called living with the ghost (i lost the jacket) But anyw...