Nashville based, Oregon born multi-platinum singer, songwriter, and producer Mat Kearney stirs up feelings of melancholy on his latest new single “Drowning in Nostalgia.” It’s the fifth song from Kearney’s new self-titled studio album to be released ahead of the LP, which is due out May 15th via Middle Kid Records.
Ignited by his work with producer Mokita (David Guetta, Demi Lovato, Zac Brown Band), Kearney said the track came about “really fast.” The single is one of two that he did with Mokita for Mat Kearney and was written by Kearney, Mokita, and Trent Dabbs (Ingrid Michaelson, Kacey Musgraves, COIN) who also sings backing vocals on the track. “Drowning in Nostalgia” was produced by Mokita and Kearney and mixed by Grammy Award winning mix engineer Michael Brauer (John Mayer, Coldplay).
For his first new album in more than three years Kearney took the reins on the production side. He produced or co-produced 10 of the 12 songs on the album, while working with Mokita, Micah Tawkls (Hayley Williams, Liza Anne, COIN), and Marc Scibilia (Breland, Robin Schultz, Teddy Swims) on the rest. In addition, he tapped The Brook and the Bluff – a group he’s a big fan of – to play as his backing band on several of the album’s tracks – a first for Kearney. He credits the sound and vibe of the album on this move, adding, “…these guys aren’t session players, they just have this feel together. And my favorite music is like that: people leaving space for each other, each one’s limitations complementing the other’s. And in a weird way it became like a democracy.”
Kearney will hit the road in June for the start of a massive US headline tour that continues in August and through November.
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