Origins

THE BAND is…

Matthew Gray (vocals/guitar) Blake Vickrey (Bass/Guitar/Harmonica/Mando) Tony Whitlock (lead guitar/bgvs) Hagen Hauschild (drums/bgvs/keys) and sometimes Jesse Chandler (Keys/and other wizardry)

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Matthew And The Arrogant Sea (MATAS) is an alt-folk/psychedelic pop act from Denton, TX. The band has received numerous accolades and notable press from around the globe since its inception in the early 2000s. Heralded with praise from outlets such as Daytrotter, NME, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Good Morning Texas, and NPR, alongside the exuberant praise from their national debut, "Family, Family, Family, Meets the Magic Christian", in 2008—named one of the best records to be released in North Texas in the last decade. With the band's latest endeavor "The Glooms, Pt. 1", MATAS takes a darker turn into newer and dreamier territories while maintaining (and improving upon) the sounds they had originally sought out with the 2008 release.