Updated so matt hoopes agreed to let me interview him for a. Get up will be featured on their album coming out june 11th. Stream relient ks new song look on up talk music to me. But most importantly, collapsible lung teaches us that despite the flux of lessthankind females swirling around thiessen s pretty little head, he still manages. The two recent ccm magazine cover artists sit down with host andrew greer as switchfoot releases their new album where the light shines through and relient k. Relient ks new album collapsible lung tops itunes overall album charts, july 2, 20 relient k returns with new studio album, collapsible lung july 2, june 19, 20 international songwriting competition isc announces 2012 gospelchristian winners, may 6, 20 three relient k members sit out spring tour, april 17, 20 relient k links. Thiessen has claimed that after years of writing and performing poppunk songs, he now finds writing slower music more enjoyable.
After the success of their popular forget and not slow down project back in 2009, new music had been few and far between for the ohiobased rockers, fronted by fearless leader matt thiessen. The second track, boomerang is indeed a pop song laced with quick cheesy verses that have been deemed in some circles as lead singer matt thiessen s rapping. Tell me this doesnt remind you of a young matt thiessen. Matt thiessen listen live to relient ks hearttugging lyrics and fresh new sound as they perform at the market market. Relient k and motion city soundtrack to coheadline tour. Matt thiessen and company, long beloved for their wideeyed innocence and mischievous sense of humor, are barely recognizable on collapsible lung, a record frontloaded with generic dancepop. If youre digging look on up, the song is currently available for purchase here back in november, the band had teased that they were currently in the midst of finishing their followup to 20s collapsible lung.
There were 65 days between the release of forget and not slow down and collapsible lung. The distorted sounds work well for the song, which has matt asking god to be there for him in. The album is called collapsible lung because the overall idea behind the album is that matt thiessen is getting older, and is starting to take stock of his life. Relient ks collapsible lung confuses fans audiomob. Read the entire interview here and check out a clip of. The album is also the first relient k album with mono vs stereo and their first on jive records. Relient k artist database, relient k discography, relient. Collapsible lung wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Sahara relient k forget and not slow down vinyl, lp.
Fans can preorder the album now via itunes, and will immediately receive a download of thats my jam, a collaboration with owl city that is an ode to the 90s. Collapsible lung is the seventh studio album by american rock band relient k. The band saw their first true success after signing with capital records in 2004 and releasing the singles be my escape and who i am hates who ive been from mmhmm. Id say collapsible lung get the most negative response by a long shot. I had looked up to matt thiessen my whole life as the ideal man i wanted to be and, in fact, had even posted a photo of him as my mancrush monday on instagram just a week prior. Where hes been, where hes going, what he has left to accomplish. Depending on who you ask, it could mean anything between a band taking the best creative risks of its career and a group of veterans throwing far too much caution to the wind for their own good. Kinds of music music is life colton dixon adam young owl city ways of learning love you my love beautiful moments. With the shutdown, relient k and all other artists.
Matt thiessen and company, long beloved for their wideeyed innocence and mischievous sense of humor, are barely recognizable on. That beautiful moment when adam young owl city is quoting relient ks college kids lyrics. In the end, i had gone from being utterly ashamed of relient ks new album to being absolutely astounded by its blatant, brutal honesty and sincere beauty. Matt thiessen, from relient k took some time to help another boy band, who play part in a tv show on nickelodeon called big time rush, write a song. Collapsible lung wikimili, the free encyclopedia wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Its hard to say which lines came from matt thiessen and which ones came from another writer, but these bits of lyrics unfortunately drag the album down and maintain the nagging feeling that relient k fans are accustomed to a higher quality.
Matt hoopes speaks about balancing the matts youtube. While on their spring tour, following some news of threefifths of the band sitting the tour out, s cortney warner sat down with relient ks matt thiessen and matt hoopes to talk about their forthcoming new album, collapsible lung, the band changes, doctor who, and more. On the same day, a lyric video was released for the titletrack. Check out an interview excerpt after the jump, where vocalist matt thiessen and guitarist matt hoopes talk about new album collapsible lung, sharing songwriting duties, and relient ks future. Im not speaking of cocky, swaggering confidence, but the comfortable kind, granted only by adulthood. Collapsible lung was released on july 2 through independent label mono vs stereo. A really great new poppunk band out of ohio called best foot back are here with a new song titled up too late. Well, i imagine matt thiessen thinking proudly to himself if this one doesnt get mainstream radio play, time to consider a career. Collapsible lung garnered mixed reception from music critics.
At the time, that was the longest stretch between album releases in their release history. Douglas smith 35 stars relient ks new album, collapsible lung, has received mixed reactions from fans, who for the most part are unhappy with the uncharacteristic, genericpop sound that has come from the bands seventh album. Thiessen stated in an interview in november 2015, relient k has a new record finished and poised for a 2016 release. Thiessen has also racked up a few cowriting credits, famously with kelly clarkson and owl city, but collapsible lung marks the first time he called in cowriters of his own, including ari levine ceelo green, bruno mars and evan bogart beyonce, rihanna. In several interviews on youtube, both matt thiessen and. Why did you guys choose the name collapsible lung for your album. All the while, hes aware that his body will eventually fail him, and hes worried he hasnt accomplished as much as. Today, were at 65 days since the release of air for free. Relient k have announced that they will release their first fulllength album in four years, collapsible lung on july 2 via mono vs. He has described his matt thiessen and the earthquakes side project as being influenced by rufus wainwright and ben folds.
Forget and not slow down is the sixth fulllength studio album by american rock band relient k, released on october 6, 2009. The crowd serenades them at the start of the video. Between the years 2000 and 2003, gotee released three fulllength albums, one christmas album, and four eps with relient k. My two favorite bands and favorite singers adam young and matthew thiessen. Jonathan bautts interviews matt thiessen and matt hoopes about collapsible lung. The video showed matt thiessen, matt hoopes, and three other people in a studio recording a new song. Reminds me a lot of early relient k and all that catchy 00s poppunkrock tunes from groups like all american rejects and motion city soundtrack. It does seem like a lot of our fans, even from the initial scowling toward it, have really warmed up to. Fans of both sagas felt distanced from the art they had grown up with. Relient k vocalist matt thiessen and guitarist matt hoopes discussed their new album collapsible lung, with, as well as going on a coheadline tour with motion city soundtrack in the coming months.
Relient k told absolute punk that a coheadlining tour with motion city soundtrack is 99% sure and an official announcement will be released very soon. During the interview, matt thiessen mentioned that his favorite song in collapsible lung is dont blink although of course, he was quick to add that he love all the songs. Forget and not slow down project back in 2009, new music had been few and far between for the ohiobased rockers. Do you guys before collapsible lung write all your songs. Matt thiessen and company, long beloved for their wideeyed innocence and mischievous sense of humor, are barely recognizable on collapsible lung, a record frontloaded with generic dancepop tracks copenned by associates of lady gaga, cee lo green, and bruno mars. Matthew arnold thiessen born august 12, 1980 is a canadianamerican musician, singer and songwriter known for being cofounder, lead singer, guitarist, pianist, and primary songwriter for the christian rock band relient k. Brett album of christian rock band philmore filled in temporarily, 15 16 17 followed by jared byersdrummer of the christian rock band bleachuntil dave douglas joined in december in an interview, matt thiessen said that when the band started, he was the only one who sang, but he knew matt hoopes could sing as well. It is the bands first album since the departure of longtime drummer dave douglas at the end of 2007. Much like the prequels, relient ks last two releases, k is for karaoke and collapsible lung, advanced the bands overall story but were lacking in execution. Following dont blink, is the fun and incredibly danceable boomerang. Track eleven, collapsible lung, is matt s confessionhis plea to the holy ghost, from whom he hopes he hasnt heard the last words.
At the very least, collapsible lung is a daring collection and will retain a sundry of reputations. Relient ks new song collapsible lung performed at easterfest 20 in toowoomba title song of their new album. The kind that lead matt thiessen to say in a recent interview ive been feeding birds a lot lately, figuring out which kinds they are and what they sing about. Thiessen, an excellent songwriter, recruited several cowriters to produce a pop. At a show in december, the band revealed the albums title to be air for free. Updated so matt hoopes agreed to let me interview him for a college speech on my culture. Matthew arnold thiessen born august 12, 1980 is a canadianamerican musician, singer and songwriter known for being cofounder, lead singer, guitarist. The recording attracted the interest of toby mckeehan who signed the band to his label gotee records. I was under the impression they wrote less of collapsible. Collapsible lung is unwaveringly and unashamedly a pop album. On monday may 16, things changed when the ohiobased band not only confirmed the release date for their new record, but also news that they have plans of hitting the road. Relient ks matt thiessen meets a longtime superfan.
The title track brings back more of the electronic vibes that collapsible lung had, except this song does it in a much better way, sounding very well put together instead of disjointed like boomerang or lost boy. Ethan luck was his replacement as the drummer for the band. Matt thiessen interview on conversations with humans podcast. With relient k, he has released eight fulllength albums, including three that were certified gold, and three that peaked in the top twenty on the billboard 200.
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