matt hires

Since independently releasing his Heartache Machine EP barely five months ago, Matt Hires has surprise released Red Eye, a collection of four previously unreleased B-sides and demos. “One of the most difficult things about making an album is deciding which songs are going to get recorded and which songs are not. By the time I'm ready to […]

Matt Hires has released a music video for “Heartache Machine,” the title track to his independently released EP, officially out at midnight. The four-song effort follows his sophomore album, 2013's This World Won't Last Forever, But Tonight We Can Pretend, which you can stream on AltPress. Head to his Bandcamp for Heartache Machine pre-order options.

Tampa, FL's Matt Hires has released an acoustic video of “When I Was Young,” the closing track to his sophomore album, This World Won't Last Forever, But Tonight We Can Pretend. Hires recently wrapped up a support tour with Parachute. You can check out the video below on YouTube.

Tampa, FL's Matt Hires has posted an acoustic video of “I Am Not Here,” a stand-out song from his latest album, This World Won't Last Forever, But Tonight We Can Pretend (cover art pictured left). Hires recently wrapped up a support tour with Parachute. He filmed the video in his home state of Florida with Kyle Cox accompanying on piano. […]

Tampa, FL's Matt Hires is streaming his sophomore album, This World Won't Last Forever, But Tonight We Can Pretend. You can listen in its entirety below on Spotify or on Soundcloud. It's out now via F Stop/Atlantic Records. “It has some of that singer/songwriter heart in there, but making this one, I knew I wanted to experiment with arrangements […]

Tampa, FL singer-songwriter Matt Hires has announced his sophomore studio album, This World Won't Last Forever, But Tonight We Can Pretend, will be released on August 13 via Atlantic Records. “My favorite artists are the ones who keep making records that give you something different from what came before,” says Hires, “but still hold onto their […]