nelo
| Status | We're number 17 on the ReverbNation Rock charts for Austin, TX. www.reverbnation.com/nelo |
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Bio
nelo's EP came as a result of 1 full year of hard touring both as headliner and as support for great bands such as Sister Hazel. The first two singles from their self-titled debut, “Jumping Bean” and “All Gone To Nothing,” received very strong receptions at radio and now “Love Solution” is poised to bridge the time gap between albums. The group’s self-titled debut album hit as high as the #21 spot, on both the Billboard Magazine “New Artist Album” and Heatseekers charts. Released through Pedernales/Justice Records, the album had critics taking notice, such as Texas Music Magazine, saying nelo’s debut, " delivers arguably the catchiest batch of jam-friendly melodic pop since Blues Traveler's Four.”
About
For Matt Ragland, primary songwriter and acoustic guitarist, the release of their debut album, nelo, was a dream nearly 10 years in the making; going all the way back to when he first picked up an acoustic guitar in high school. He was soon writing songs and jamming with school friends and fellow Dallas natives Stephen Goodson (electric guitar) and Chris Hill (drums). A couple of years later, while in college, Ragland was refining his songwriting and performing around Austin with singer Reid Umstattd while Goodson and Hill were perfecting their own chops studying jazz at the University of North Texas in Denton. By 2002, they all reconvened — along with another UNT alum, multi-instrumentalist Mike St. Clair (bass, trombone, trumpet), — and nelo was born.
