Matt Gower: Vacated Shapes Album Release Show

Matt Gower: Vacated Shapes Album Release Show

CKCU Presents: Matt Gower - Vacated Shapes Album Release Show 

w/ Libby & Cal

Saturday, June 20 - Doors 8:00, Show 9:00

Art House Café - Ottawa, ON

$15 online, $20 at the door   

Vacated Shapes is Matt Gower’s second solo album. The songs on this LP reflect Matt’s Hard Folk aesthetic, with themes such as gender fluidity, anti-fascism, depression, his own shortcomings as a husband & father, murder, imperfection and apathy. Taking equal influence from Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska and Jason Isbell’s Foxes in the Snow, Matt was inspired to produce Vacated Shapes with a minimalist ethos in order to let his songwriting and raw emotion shine through loud and clear. 

Bios:

Matt Gower is a Hard Folk singer-songwriter from Ottawa, Ontario. Over the years, Matt has embodied the folk tradition by blending an array of styles into his music. Elements of alt-country, old-time Appalachian tunes, bluegrass, and roots-rock underscore a powerful voice that’s vulnerable, honest and dynamic. Nothing about Matt Gower’s songwriting is “easy”. The truth, technique and talent he’s come to embrace are all hard-earned. 

Libby & Cal: A Millennial autoharpist meets a Boomer 12-string player, and musical magic ensues. Ottawa-based acoustic duo Libby & Cal tackles subjects that are rarely voiced in song. Their songwriting is irreverent and poignant, and catches you off guard in a good way.​

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