Includes digital pre-order of Twos.
You get 2 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around May 17, 2024
edition of 50
$9USDor more
Streaming + Download
Pre-order of Twos. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
Purchasable with gift card
releases May 17, 2024
$5USD or more
Limited Edition Clear 12" Stereo Lathe-Cut
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
limit one per customer please.
Includes digital pre-order of Twos.
You get 2 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
Matthew J. Rolin’s “Twos” for the Dead Currencies Label is a collection of one offs & self released singles recorded from 2021-2023, along with two brand new tracks. “Twos” spiritually follows the 2021 self-released album of singles entitled, appropriately enough, “Ones,” and sequentially, it follows the brilliant 2022 LP “Passing” for the American Dreams Label. Always writing & recording, always playing, stretching & searching, this collection sounds as cohesive and measured as if Rolin had sat down and wrote and recorded it as a whole, meticulously planning each sweep & swell from opening track to close. Once finalized and fleshed out, the collection was mastered by Mikey Young (Parquet Courts, Mute Duo).
Matthew J. Rolin’s emotionally resonant fingerstyle guitar is a direct result of his d.i.y. upbringing. Created primarily on solitary acoustic six or twelve strings, these pieces are technically stunning but not afraid to wander, offering a surreal and sometimes psychedelic counterpoint to instrumental guitar music modeled more traditionally after American Primitive sounds. Deep roots in punk, noise, and other fiercely independent music and cultural communities informs every step of Rolin’s hyper specific approach, including his prolific release schedule, embrace of collaboration, experimental edges, and non-stop touring that’s more likely to find him playing at a gnarled house show or d.i.y. venue than in a stuffy auditorium.
"Twos" has the immediacy and the intimacy of improvisation at its best. Always teetering and in constant motion, it is only because the affair is guided by such a steady & experienced hand, that it doesn't fall apart completely. It's an exhilarating listen.
When pandemic pushes so many of us to marketably "meditative" products, Powers/ Rolin Duo show how invested ambient and drone can be in attention spans and impassivity. Matt DeMello (himself)
Gorgeous fingerstyle guitar playing from this Portland, Oregon musician that captures the spirit of American Primitive in dazzling detail. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 30, 2021
Hushed folk-based songs build from feathery acoustic guitar figures and draped with layers of keys and pedal steel. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 14, 2023