Matt & Toby is a debut studio album by Matt & Toby, a side project of Matt Carter and Toby Morrell (both of Emery). The album was released on November 19, 2012 through Tooth & Nail Records.
History On January 10, 2011 an official MySpace page for Carter and Morrell's duo-project named The Water and the Well was registered. The page contains three songs: "Do Lord", "Take Me Oh Lord" and "Prodigal Sons & Daughters". The latter two songs later would be re-recorded for Matt & Toby's album. The page was last visited by the founder on January 19, 2011.
On March 5, 2012 an official Facebook page for the same project, but named Matt & Toby, appeared.
Release and promotion
On July 13, 2012 the first song off the album, "Good Boys", was made available as a free download through the official Facebook page of the band.Free Matt & Toby song "Good Boys" available for download http://mattandtoby.bandsonabudget.com/freesong
On October 17, 2012 a lyric video for "What Plays In My Head" was released through the band's official YouTube channel."What Plays In My Head" lyric video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h8dv4uMOgA
On November 1, 2012, Altpress.com premiered the song "Life of the Party""Life of the Party" Altpress.com premiere http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/song_premiere_matt_and_toby_life_of_the_party and on November 6, 2012 - a music video for it."Life of the Party" music video premiere http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/matt_toby_debut_life_of_the_party_video
On November 8, 2012, Absolutepunk.com premiered the song "Prodigal Sons and Daughters"."Prodigal Sons and Daughters" Absolutepunk.com premiere http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=115190232#post115190232
In the support of the album the band toured a "Living Room Tour" from October 15 to November 9, 2012 and from January 26 to February 9, 2013. During the shows Matt & Toby played songs from the self-titled album as well as Emery songs and some covers in acoustic.
Track listing All songs composed by Matt Carter & Toby Morrell.
Personnel Matt & Toby Toby Morell – lead vocals Matt Carter – bass, drums, engineer, guitar, keyboards, programming, producer, vocals
Additional personnel Brandon Ebel - executive producer Brett Baird - additional engineering and editing Ryan Clark - design Conor Farley - A&R Lindsay Gardner - violin and cello (3) Troy Glessner - mastering Nadia Ifland - violin and cello (3) James Kim - trumpet (3, 5, 9) Andy King - drums (1) Dan Korneff - mixing Aaron Lunsford - drums (8) Dave Powell - drums (7) Aya T Sato - photography Julianna Smith - violin and cello (3) Aaron Sprinkle - additional creativity, opinions, and engineering Blake Strickland - trombone (3, 9)
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