Mat Kearney. Young Love Album Review.

I am always on the lookout for new music to listen to. Growing up, my family listened to country and southern rock. As an adult, I like to expand to every genre. I’ve found that even if a certain style of music isn’t what you normally listen to, there are always songs within that style that will grab you and pull you in.

I hadn’t heard of Mat Kearney before this week. But I was excited to learn more about him and after hearing the first song (Hey Mama) of his 3rd album, Young Love, I was hooked and ready to hear more. The entire album got my toes tapping and had me swaying in my seat. The music is uplifting and helped me go from bad mood to good mood very quickly. I admit that not all the lyrics ‘called to me’.  Maybe because it isn’t my usual style of music,  I didn’t understand some of what he was singing about. Mat also seems to have a pattern throughout this album using the same several phrases often. In several songs he referred to “Purple Boots”, Backs against the Wall” and “Phones to Call”. And while do that right here in our own blog posts, daily talking, etc. I’m not used to hearing it in an album so some of the songs started to sound repetitive.  But that is my opinion. Yours might be totally different. I did fall head over heals for the music though and could listen to it all day long. You can hear a sample below:

Young Love Tracklisting

• Mat Kearney Website
• Mat Kearney Widget
• Mat’s iTunes Page
• Mat’s Facebook Page

Mat on Tour This Fall

Mat is hitting the road in September playing nearly 40 shows in US & Canada.  Tickets on sale now.

9/14          Jacksonville, FL       Murray Hill
9/16          Charleston, SC         Music Farm
9/17          Athens, GA               GA Theater
9/18          Carrboro, NC            Cat’s Cradle
9/20          Charlottesville, VA   Jefferson Theater
9/23          Louisville, KY           Headliners
9/24          Cincinnati, OH          Bogart’s
9/25          Cleveland, OH          House of Blues
9/27           Interlochen, MI        Corson Aud
9/29           Urbana, IL                Canopy Club
9/30           Milwaukee, WI         Turner Hall
10/1           Des Moines, IA        People’s Court
10/2           Omaha, NE              Sokol Auditorium
10/4           Bloomington, IN      Bluebird
10/5           St Louis, MO           The Pageant
10/7           Oxford, MS              The Lyric
10/8           Pine Mountain, GA   Callaway Gardens
10/9           Birmingham, AL      Workplay Theatre
10/20         Nashville, TN            Cannery
10/23         Washington, DC       9:30 Club
10/24         Baltimore, MD           Ram’s Head
10/25         Lancaster, PA            Chameleon
10/27         Allentown, PA           Crocodile Rock         10/28         New York, NY            Webster Hall
10/29         Philadelphia, PA       Theater of LIving Arts
10/30         Albany, NY                 Northern Lights       11/1           Northampton, MA      Pearl Street
11/2           New Haven, CT          Toad’s Place            11/4           Boston, MA                House of Blues
11/5           Portland, ME              State Theatre
11/6           Burlington, VT            Higher Ground
11/8           Montreal, QC              Petite Campus
11/9           Toronto, ON                Opera House
11/11         Buffalo, NY                 Town Ballroom
11/12         Pittsburgh, PA            Rex Theater
11/13         Detroit, MI                   St. Andrews
11/15         Columbus, OH            Newport Music Hall
11/17         Chicago, IL                 House of Blues
11/19         Madison, WI               The Majestic
11/20         Minneapolis, MN       First Avenue

I received a copy of “Young Love” as a member of One2One Network. No monetary compensation was received. All opinions are my own.