Blog: The 405

Label: Universal/Island Release date: 25/05/09 Website: http://www.scottmatthewsmusic. co.uk/ It's all too easy to throw Scott Matthews in with the James Morrison and, God forbid, James Blunt crowd of soulless singer-songwriters, who are all surface, no substance and who the main consumers think are 'deep' and 'edgy'. To make this assumption however, is quite a damning error; with his first album, Passing Stranger , Matthews showed talents that went beyond those of the average pop star, harnessing blues and eastern sounds, with dreamlike lyrics and [...]