Music Review
Band: Matt Woods
Title: Something Surreal

Rock / Acoustic / Pop

Matt Woods has a great soulful voice! His songs are solid, the production is good, and other reviews are quite positive. There are 20 songs on this debut (of which 8 are acoustic versions of tracks). We’ve been listening to ‘Something Surreal’ once daily for two straight weeks now. Here’s what we think:

The CD starts out really strong and ends strong. Matt Woods’ style reminds us a little of what an American Del Amitri would sound like. There are moments when we also hear a little Matchbox 20 influence.

Highlights:

‘Misconception’ (both regular & acoustic versions), ‘Lyndal’ (both regular & acoustic versions), ‘Never Too Late’ (both regular & acoustic versions), ‘Dream’ (both regular & acoustic versions), ‘Gone’ (acoustic version), ‘Blow Away’ (acoustic version), ‘Bottled Up Inside’ (acoustic version), ‘Hiding’ (acoustic version), and ‘All About Her’ (acoustic version).

We do have to add that we prefer music that is a bit more unique but nevertheless, this is a very pleasing effort... just ask his legions of fans on MySpace.
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