Here is an absolute gem from another Canadaian a singer songwriter’s and my first introduction to Ottawa’s Kalle Mattson and I’ve been enthralled by his Ryan Adams-esque songwriting charms. His latest record, Avalanche, contains six tracks and we could argue all day about whether it ought to be deemed an album or an EP or a mini-album, but all that needs to be said is that this is the strongest, most cohesive and affecting body of work I heard all year.
Kalle: “Avalanche took it to the next level in a lot of ways, there’s been a lot of really positive things. I’d never had songs on Canadian radio before and that’s been a really big thing for me. This was my first record on a major label in Canada and we did a lot of video stuff too.”
“These were six songs I was writing for another record but it didn’t feel like they totally connected to the batch of songs that no-one’s heard yet. They fit together as a mini-record. Even though it’s maybe considered an EP, or whatever, there’s flow to it, the songs connect to each other lyrically. They were the first six I wrote after Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold [released in 2014]. That record took a lot out of me. I was writing about my mom [who died when he was 16]. It’s hard to follow up something that’s your life all in this one entity”.
The Fat Angel Sings 