Matt Maltese today announces his new album Hers, out May 16th via The Orchard, and his first fully self-produced effort since second album Krystal. Ahead of the album’s arrival, Maltese shares new single and video “Always Some MF.”

“I’ve written a lot of music that comes from a place of infatuation, but this record was written on reflection of a much longer-term love. The complications and wonderful roads that that goes through and the more informed heartaches that come out of it. I got to really reflect and slave over it… It’s a bit like having a year to write a really important email,” he says.

“Always Some MF,” follows the yearning from January release, “Anytime, Anyplace, Anyhow”. On “Always Some MF” Matt plays the faux tough guy in the face of the knotty jealousy that occasionally rears its head in a loving relationship: “he’d have to be clinically dead to not want you,” he croons. “Always Some MF” is accompanied by a music video, directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah, and starring actor Nadia Parkes and choreographer / actor Ira Mandela Siobhan alongside Matt, who turns his hand to fencing, vying for the affections of his lover – watch here.

Much like similarly droll ascendants such as Randy Newman or Father John Misty, lurking beneath Maltese’s sumptuous melodies and classic songwriting chops there’s always been a line or turn of phrase that snags, stopping you in your tracks, causing a double take and – more often than not – raising a smile. “Of course, I think songs with honesty and emotional weight are powerful, but I think lightness is an important counterpoint to me,” he says. “You can have the cry, but then there’s the turn and the smile.”

“I’m British enough to feel a slight shame of writing so many love songs in the past,” he adds. “Maybe the more interesting thing on paper would have been to go to the other side of the world and write a concept album about prehistoric creatures or something, but at the end of the day, we’re all human, and love and people are things we’re all continually affected by. It’s my job as a songwriter to excavate the things in my life, and that’s what I was going through.”

Matt Maltese
Hers
tracklist

Arthouse Cinema
Buses Replace Trains
Happy Birthday
Anytime, Anyplace, Anyhow
Always Some MF
Cure For Emptiness
Holiday From Yourself
Pined For You My Whole Life
Eternal Darkness Of The Spotless Mind
Tangled
Everybody’s Just As Crazy As Me

Pre-order Hers by Matt Maltese HERE