Matt Kivel

The story

Matt Kivel is a songwriter currently living in Texas.

He began working as a player in various bands including the indie-minded Princeton, and later played guitar in the garage pop band Gap Dream. Around 2013, Kivel quit playing with other bands to focus on his solo material.

The first evidence of his work came in the form of some limited-run cassettes, but he truly came into his own with 2013's full-length album Double Exposure, released on the Olde English Spelling Bee label, which received an 8.0 rating from Pitchfork. Kivel's solo work took a decidedly more subdued path than his previous affiliations, with shimmering ambient synths meeting muted acoustic songwriting and understated vocals. Second album Days of Being Wild, recorded with Palace Brothers member Paul Oldham over the course of one summer, saw release on the Woodsist label in 2014.

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Records

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Bands and projects

• Princeton
• Sleeping Bags
• superteam

The bands Matt Kivel played in, each with its own records. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Matt Kivel in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

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If you like Matt Kivel

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• Madonnasame scene: folk, US
• R.E.M.same scene: folk, US
• Becksame scene: folk, US
• Bob Dylansame scene: folk, US
• Dolly Partonsame scene: folk, US
• The Byrdssame scene: folk, US
• Jefferson Airplanesame scene: folk, US

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Matt Kivel’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.