New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Recorded last winter at Applehead Studios in Woodstock, NY with producer and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Salem, The Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon on guitar, longtime collaborator Brian Bequette on bass, Joe Magistro (The Black Crowes, Rich Robinson) on drums, and of course, Ryan himself on vocals and guitars. "It was a beautiful brotherhood," Ryan says of the recording process.
Matthew Ryan can write a song and make you feel it in no time at all. He's got it; he understands the craft. And on this, his newest album, Boxers, he's got a solid winner"--PopDose
The title track, "Boxers" immediately grabs you with its' melody and the stellar production while "The First Heartbreak" tells a distressing story with upbeat musical backdrop. BOXERS also tells tales of the working poor in "Suffer No More," the callous culture of capitalists in "We Are Libertines," and the two together in "Heaven's Hill."
From the silvery burst of feedback that opens the record, to the dissolving vérité of the last notes of the final song, Ryan writes songs that make you think and delivers them with an emotion that makes you feel. I'm honored to have been a part of his newest record!" - says The Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon.
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