Pacifico's Matthew Schwartz hits back at the cruel music industry in a new interview with SPIN

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Matthew Schwartz from Pacifico chats with SPIN today about a topic I am also too familiar with: The debilitating ways of the music industry!

The new Pacifico album 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘊𝘒𝘳𝘦 is about all manner of personal struggles with well-being. In this lengthy interview, writer Amanda Peukert focuses in particular on the single "Comatose," which makes the music biz its subject.

Schwartz says of the industry, "You’ve got to be the loudest person in every room, and, for me, that just isn’t healthy; I don’t like that." Amen!

MXDWN shares Pacifico's "stunning" new music video

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mxdwn is calling the new video for "Complicated, Confiscated" by Pacifico "stunning" this morning, saying, "The pain in his eyes is recognizable and relatable through his guitar and soft voice."

Frankly, songs performed direct-to-camera have to really go all-in to convince me and Matthew just gives everything here. I feel like 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘊𝘒𝘳𝘦 (the new Pacifico album, out February 10) is brave in the raw way it addresses Matthew's personal struggles with anxiety and depression.

This record doesn't feel shrouded in third-person pondering. Like with the "Complicated, Confiscated" video, it comes right at you. I can't wait for you to hear it in full! For now, check out the video or listen where you listen.

Click for your life!

Desert Sun runs a fabulous feature with Dani Meza of the crushedvelvets

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"The aneurysm affected his vertebral vein, so he isn't able to put as much pressure on his vocal cords or play instruments with the same intensity, but all of his attributes and innovative spirit emerge on each song."

I'm so happy that Dani Meza from the crushedvelvets recently got the opportunity to tell his story to Brian Blueskye of the Desert Sun, which is the daily paper in Indio β€” the town famous for Coachella where Dani grew up and still lives.

Click the image for the article and also video of the two talking music at Finders Keepers Records.

A full-length album by the crushedvelvets is in the works to follow-up Dani's trio of 2022 EPs called, "dreamy and soulful shuffles that have all the night-kissed grace of Julee Cruise and the poetic finesse of the Jazz Butcher," by Alex Green of Stereo Embers.

Pacifico's "eerily understated" new single premieres via Treble

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"Harbors a stormy undercurrent, reminiscent of both Elliott Smith and Radiohead at their most eerily understated."

"Complicated, Confiscated" is the latest single by Pacifico, out this Friday on Pacifirecords. Many thanks to Treble for premiering it this morning.

This one really gets me, as Matthew from Pacifico has so openly discussed writing this song as a mantra to get himself through crippling bouts of depression. He explains, "Each single, like every song on 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘊𝘒𝘳𝘦, deals with a different form of self care. These songs deal with anxiety, depression, grace, patience, and drawing healthy boundaries."

KQED shines a spotlight on Caitlin Cobb-Vialet

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Thanks to NPR member station KQED for spotlighting the "impassioned and sometimes painful emotions" of Caitlin Cobb-Vialet's signature song "Disco Ball," which is playing in my mind right now!

Caitlin will be performing at Cornerstone Berkeley on Tuesday, January 31. Debut album 𝘌𝘯π˜₯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘝𝘰π˜ͺπ˜₯ is out now. See the unforgettable "Disco Ball" video now.

Queen City Sounds and Art shares the video for Pacifico's "tenderly psychedelic" single "Afterglow"

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Here we go 2023!

Queen City Sounds and Art describes "Afterglow" by Pacifico as a "tenderly psychedelic chamber pop song" with "beautiful acoustic guitar work and quietly luminous vocals and string arrangements that sound both melancholic and at peace."

A lovely thought to start the week, eh?!

Click the image to read more and to check out the stop-motion collage video.

𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘊𝘒𝘳𝘦 - the first Pacifico album in five years - is out February 10 (day before my birthday, fam!) with a record release show to follow (first full band show in a decade!) at Smith's Olde Bar in Atlanta on February 18.