Press Release
Source: Jensen Communications
Bay Area artist, Matt Jaffe,is excited to announce the release of his much anticipated fifth studio full-length album, Kintsugi. This is an album that has been a year in the making and comes with seven heartfelt songs about overcoming obstacles in life. It is available through all digital music retailers and streaming services.
Kintsugi was created out of tragedy and healing. In January 2019, Matt had a seizure onstage, landing on and wrecking his acoustic guitar of 12 years. After a string of luthiers said they were unable to repair it, the people at Schoenberg Guitars fixed it, filling in the space between the shards of wood with a caramel-colored epoxy.
Several friends noted the similarity between the repaired guitar and the Japanese art form of mending broken pottery by filling the damaged areas with lacquer called Kintsugi. This process reflected the guitar, the surgical reconstruction of his skull following a 2015 craniotomy, and the themes of destruction and rebirth found in the new music.
For Digital Review of Kintsugi
Listen to the Focus Track “Hurt Me Now”
Kinstsugi on Spotify
Kintsugi is preceded by six singles making headwave in the press world. The first single release was “Voodoo Doll” which came with an animated video created by Academy Award-nominated American cartoonist Bill Plympton – watch here which led into the release of “Weekend Lover”. “Cut Me Down The Middle” was featured in American Songwriter breaking down the meaning of Jaffe’s single, album, and career. “Enough Bad Luck” premiered on Glide Magazine, in which they are quoted saying, the single, “perfectly encapsulates his immense talent”. “Shape Of Fear” premiered through Grateful Web, leaving “Save Your Sorrow” to be featured, which landed on Vents Magazine. The last single on the album, “Hurt Me Now” is being released with the album as a focus track.
Matt Jaffe
After cutting his teeth on open mics around the Bay Area, San Francisco songwriter, Matt Jaffe, was discovered by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads. Together, they produced his first album at the age of 16, cementing Matt’s dedication to music. Soon, he formed a band, dropped out of college, and has not looked back. Since then, Matt has written more songs than he can remember the words to, crisscrossed the country opening for Blues Traveler and Wilco, and co-written with Tom Higgenson of the Plain White T’s. Matt has served as musical director for experimental theater, collaborated with poets on genre-bending spoken word, and curated residencies among fellow songwriters. Additionally, Matt volunteers with Bread & Roses, a non-profit that brings live music to facilities without regular access to it, such as prisons, rehab centers, and foster homes. Having suffered from seizures since 2015, Matt also uses his music to unite local and national epilepsy communities.
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