Matt Mays + El Torpedo

There are many solid, driving-down-the-dusty-road-in-an-old-convertible tracks on this disc; producer Don Smith (Tom Petty, U2, Bob Dylan) knows how to give the band an open field and the space to cruise through it. The track "What Are We Gonna Do Come the Month of September" is a perfect example with its wonderfully expansive Hammond organ-infused groove. The seven-minute-plus track, peaking with a two minute, perfectly languid exit, allows the players their chance to express a mood, and the audience their chance to feel it, without being rushed by the confines of pop's three-minute radio rule. Toronto's Now Magazine recently named Mays "Canada's most promising roots rock tunesmith," admittedly, the amazingly-talented Kathleen Edwards is also very deserving of that title, but as symmetry would have it, she joins Mays as co-vocalist on "The Plan", adding extra oomph to a track that deserves to be an outside-the-box radio hit this summertime. --Denise Sheppard

Album Description
The second full-length from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Mays and his band El Torpedo. Winner of Galaxie's Rising Star Award at NXNE 2003, twenty-four-year-old singer-songwriter, guitarist and avid surfer Matt Mays steps into the limelight again with his band El Torpedo. 2005.

Album Details
The Sophomore Album from the Winner of Galaxie's Rising Star Award at the Nxne 2003 Confab. The 24-year-old Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Former Member of the Guthries and Avid Surfer Has Built a Large Following in his Native Nova Scotia, Across Canada and Great Britain. Mays Pieced Together his Four Piece Charismatic Alt Country-rock Backing Band, El Torpedo, with Jarrett Murphy on Guitar, Brad Conrad on Organ and Pedal Steel, Tim Baker on Drums and Andy Patil on Bass. "matt Mays and El Torpedo Combine Solid Playing with Dense Narratives and Matt's Sad/Bad Boy Singing Style. "he Conjures Up a Young Tom Petty", Writes Exclaim.