City of black and white the second national release from aware columbia singer songwriter mat kearney finds the artist in a very different place.
City of black and white mat kearning.
On the day of its release the bonus track version peaked at 7 on the itunes top albums.
City of black white is the third studio album by mat kearney released on may 19 2009 it follows his 2006 major label debut nothing left to lose the first single closer to love was released on march 10 2009 as a digital download to promote the album kearney toured with keane and the helio sequence.
I was privileged enough to be on scene in knoxville tn around the time he made his beginnings bullet.
Kearney s songs go down easily but that hasn t stopped him from relying on a glistening production that sugarcoats everything he sings supporting his tunes with lightly looped.
This whole city s black and white tell me what is your color could it be the same as mine faded greens and blue street lights there s a red fire burning from.
Faded greens and blue street lights there s a red fire burning.
There s a white flag waving where my heart is on the ground.
On his second album city of black and white mat kearney leaves behind any lingering folkie traits along with any hippie rapping and dives headfirst into pure aaa songcraft placing sweet melodies at center stage.
General commentin a recent interview this is what mat kearney had to say about city of black and white.
Cause i don t want to wait until tomorrow to tell you how i d feel the rest of my life you don t want a waste another minute when you realize walking on the dark side of the evening maybe it was you that opened my eyes burning like a fire on the water the city of black and white.
He came out swinging with that album.
Mat kearney s city of black and white the followup to his 2006 album nothing left to lose far exceeds any expectations i had expectations that have been building for the better part of 3 years.
Having said that there isn t a bad song to be had on city of black and white and i could similarly gush about his previous and following offerings.
This whole city s black and white tell me what is your color could it be the same as mine.
City of black white lyrics.
Mat kearney is a contender.