Premiere - Lorrie Matheson - “By the Light of the Lamp of the Poor”
Lorrie Matheson is a Calgary music giant. He’s become one of (if not) the city’s most in-demand producers. From his Audio Arch studio, he’s produced highly acclaimed records from the likes of Ghostkeeper, Samantha Savage Smith, Wares, Rae Spoon, Art Bergmann and more. The studio has kept him so busy that he hasn’t released an album of his own since 2013s The Night Is For Sleepers. All that is about to change in one week’s time as Matheson prepares for the release of Mission to Inglewood.
The album was originally crafted as a guitar-forward rock album all the way back in 2015. In those ten years, the songs evolved into a truly unique beast unlike any of Matheson’s past releases. The shift occurred when Audio Arch received a new piano in 2020 and then most the world ended up with a ton of spare time on their hands.
“I started playing it every day, playing covers and whatever, just having fun. Then I started thinking about the rock record I had in the vault and what those tunes would sound like on piano.”
This new creative direction led Matheson to jump in the studio… but not his own studio. He entrusted Josh Rob Gwillam to take the reins at OCL Studios and enlisted a who’s who of some of the most respected Calgary players in Cam Buie, Chris Byrne, Chris Dadge, and Nate Waters. The album was recorded live off the floor and the result is a big and bright sound with exquisite execution.
Today we are excited to share “By the Light of the Lamp of the Poor,” the second single from Mission to Inglewood. It’s a punchy power-pop banger highlighted by shimmering keys, delightful harmonies and a wild sax interlude. We are premiering it today in the form of a music video that was directed by Ryan Bourne and Rebecca Reid.
Mission to Inglewood arrives November 7th and is available for pre-order on vinyl and CD through Bandcamp.
