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MATT CORBY 
announces
national album tour
+ shares hallucinatory new single
‘BIG SMOKE’

New LP EVERYTHING’S FINE OUT
MARCH 24
via ISLAND RECORDS AUSTRALIA

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PRAISE FOR ‘REELIN’

“A meditation on healthy love”
– Wonderland Magazine

“A soulful, spellbinding serenade… Moody and brooding in the best of ways,
it’s an invitation to take a step back and pause; to close your eyes and let your mind wander”
– Atwood Magazine

“A soulful, unhurried jam that goes down smoothly thanks to Corby’s
buttery vocals and some deft brass”
– triple j

“An honest consideration of the fraught dynamics of long-term romantic relationships.
Propelled by hopeful horns and tender percussion, Corby’s distinctive vocals soar
as he discusses the importance of communication and compromise
when dealing with a loved one”
– Rolling Stone

“The start of a new era, the crisp vocal seems to invite you to find the solution inside
your own problems – he looks at how people tend to place obstacles in their way,
and how this can be overcome”
– Clash Music

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Revered artist, Matt Corby, today announces his first national tour in four years presented by triple j, in support of his upcoming album Everything’s Fine out March 24 via Island Records Australia. With the news, Matt previews his latest offering from the release, the hallucinatory ‘Big Smoke’. LISTEN HERE + PURCHASE TICKETS HERE + PRE-ORDER LP HERE.

The halfway point of Everything’s Fine, ‘Big Smoke’ moves as a deluge. Suffused by carefully struck synths and toms, breathless vocals melt away to gliding strings, gentle keys and overdrive pedal-led guitars. Channeling a similar lonerist, in-your-head impulse as Currents or Plastic Beach, where ‘Problems’ and ‘Reelin’’ focused on the moments or relationships that attempt to define our lives, ‘Big Smoke’ processes the self-sabotaging nature of the crutches leant on for support in the face of trying times.

An urge to consider ejecting that which holds us back from letting go, ‘Big Smoke’ is one of the most insular tracks in Matt Corby’s most overt, direct, and intimate albums yet. In his own words, he explains, “Big Smoke is a song that touches on the duality on living with your vices but being conscious of the fact they are probably not good for you.”  The paisley-patterned jam is a carefully produced touchstone of Everything’s Fine, indicative of Matt’s determination to focus on just five key elements throughout its making. His careful consideration of space here, compared to the layered flourishes of his J-Award winning album Rainbow Valley, is what allowed those deceivingly simplistic five elements emerge in a fastidiously curated 11-track album.

His first record in five years, Everything’s Fine vividly captures the personal and creative growth of Matt Corby who, like many, was tipped belly-side up recently. Beyond the global touring pause, on the day he had planned to begin writing his next album Matt’s home was inundated with floodwaters. His family moved into Rainbow Valley Studios, where he juggled familial responsibilities with his creative pursuits – a one-of-a-kind pressure cooker circumstance that would galvanise his artistic evolution.

A reminder to let go of the moments that attempt to define our lives and relationships and move on, just as the sun continues to rise, the waves wash onto shores. “I’m currently rebuilding a lot of my foundational stuff,” Matt shares. “Covid changed me a lot, slowed me down. I feel like I’ve become aware of a lot of the stuff I need to work on, and I’m happy to start – and I have been. All of that chaos helped me not be neurotic with this album process and get to the point where I accepted things. Like, I couldn’t sit and stew over how something sounded and potentially make it worse if I was needed elsewhere.”

Ruminating on love, domestic life, natural disaster, and more, Matt Corby reconfigured his creative instincts and returned to his longstanding creative collaborations in Alex Hendrickson, Chris Collins (Gang of Youths, Middle Kids, Skegss), and pop-writing savante Nat Dunn (Rita Ora, Charli XCX, Tkay Maidza), the result is Matt’s most innovative, sonically adventurous and resonant album yet. Feeding into his longstanding RNB influences, Everything’s Fine is a rousing story told through a polychromatic embrace of the vintage funk, hip hop, and playful soft rock we each grew up with, spooled into a new innovative, offbeat lens of Matt’s making.

Experience Everything’s Fine in full, live this May – June, supported by Rainbow Valley Records artists Great Gable and Bud Rokesky. Across the tour run, presented by triple j, $1 per ticket will be donated to One Tree Planted, the environmental charity that supports reforestation across the world. For every $3 USD donated a tree will be planted. The Matt Corby fan pre-sale and Spotify Fans First will both start Friday 17 Feb at 9 AM AEDT with general on-sale live from Tuesday 21 Feb at 9 AM AEDT via mattcorbymusic.com/tour – See all tour routing info and ticket links BELOW.

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Photo Credit: Billy Zammit

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MATT CORBY
Everything’s Fine LP

March 24 via Island Records Australia
Available on CD, black vinyl and exclusive white vinyl

Pre-save / pre-order here

Big Smoke is out now via Island Records Australia,
buy/stream it here

EVERYTHING’S FINE
Tracklist

Problems
For Real
Carry On
Reelin’
Big Smoke
Lover
Reruns
Words I Say
Mainies
Better Than That
Everything’s Fine

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MATT CORBY
EVERYTHING’S FINE TOUR DATES
Presented by triple j

Mon 22 May – The Forum – Naarm / Melbourne, VIC
Fri 26 May – Fortitude Music Hall – Meanjin / Brisbane, QLD
Tue 30 May – Enmore Theatre – Eora / Sydney, NSW
Sat 3 June – Hindley Street Music Hall – tarntanya / Adelaide, SA

 Fan pre-sale and Spotify Fans First this Friday 17 Feb at 9 AM AEDT
General on-sale on Tuesday 21 Feb at 9 AM AEDT

Tickets available here

Follow MATT CORBY
 Instagram – Facebook – Youtube – Twitter

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About MATT CORBY

Matt’s recent stream of releases, ‘Problems’ and ‘Reelin”, embraced across the ABC nationally, including triple j and Double J, Rolling Stone, NME, Tone Deaf, Music Feeds, iHeart Australia and international titles The Line Of Best Fit, Clash Magazine, Dork, Wonderland, Atwood Magazine and more praising his enhanced production craft. Soon with Everything’s Fine, Matt will reveal his most innovative, sonically adventurous and resonant album yet. Recorded at his Rainbow Valley Studios with Chris Collins (Gang of Youths, Middle Kids, Skegss), Matt Corby’s third studio album picks up where his 2020 stand-alone singles, ‘If I Never Say A Word’ and ‘Vitamin’ left off, after his J Award-winning Rainbow Valley LP in 2019. In the time since, Matt announced the launch of his own independent record label, in between loaning his production expertise to work by Genesis Owusu, Jack River, Great Gable, Bud Rokesky and most recently, his award-winning collaboration with Budjerah.

Winner

ARIA Song Of The Year (‘Resolution’, ‘Brother’)
J Award Australian Album Of The Year (Rainbow Valley)
1st Place Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competiton (‘Miracle Love’)
APRA Most Performed R&B/Soul Work of the Year (‘Higher’ by Budjerah)

Nominated

ARIA Producer Of The Year (Budjerah EP)
ARIA Engineer Of The Year (Budjerah EP)
ARIA Best Soul/R&B Release (Rainbow Valley)
ARIA Best Male Artist (Rainbow Valley, Telluric, Resolution, Into The Flame)
ARIA Best Adult Alternative Album (Telluric)
ARIA Best Australian Live Act (2019)
ARIA Best Video (‘Resolution’)
ARIA Song Of The Year (‘Resolution’)
APRA Song of the Year
(‘Higher’ by Budjerah, ‘If I Never Say A Word’, ’Smooth Lady Wine’, ‘Resolution’, ‘Brother’)
APRA Most Performed Blues & Roots Work (‘Pretty Lady’ by Tash Sultana)
APRA Most Performed Alternate Work of the Year (‘Miracle Love’)
APRA Most Played Australian Work (‘Resolution’)
APRA Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year (2012)
Live Voice of the Year 2019 (National Live Music Awards)

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AMNPLIFY – ML