MATT OWENS
Matt Owens is the archetypal ‘working’ musician, whose gritty narratives and brutal song-noir are fast forging a reputation for the ex-Londoner as the songwriter’s songwriter of choice.
Most recently Owens has been touring extensively with Our Man In The Field. This followed some deservedly scored chart success on his co-writes with Elles Bailey. ‘The Truth Ain’t Gonna Save Us’ was recorded by Bailey for her Top 20 UK chart album Beneath The Neon Glow. The song ‘Sunshine City’ hit no.1 on Planet Rock for 8 weeks and was included on Bailey’s UK Top 40 album – Shining In The Half Light, as was ‘Hole in My Pocket’ another Owens/Bailey co-write.
Having co-founded the hugely successful indie-folk band Noah & The Whale, touring the world countless times and selling over a million records, Owens re-focused on his own albums with The Delusional Vanity. Simultaneously collaborating with the new crop of UK Americana trailblazers such as Elles Bailey and Robert Vincent as well as finding time to play in Thea Gilmore’s live band and on her Number 1 album, Small World Turning.
He launched and successfully runs his own Americana Music Festival, ‘The 7 Hills‘ , in his hometown of Bath.
Owens’ song-writing stands front and centre on his solo albums. It is in the nuanced, absurd and over-shared that Owens finds the universal themes, with a knack for empathising with the human condition, regardless how far gone his protagonist’s plight. His songs document life’s tragedies, whilst weathering them with a wry smile, all the while sounding rooted in modern times.
Four solo albums released so far as Matt Owens and The Delusional Vanity, with a fifth in the works.
