Recording with Matt Hyde
'A mouth full of matches' vocalist Tom Buxton recalls what it was like to record with this living legend.
in the words of Tom Buxton
After playing the last few shows and promoting our previous E.P. 'Tasting Fire' in late 2013 we sat down and discussed the next step for the band and where we wanted to go with our music.
Being a manchester alternative rock band we had travelled to Bristol to record 'Tasting Fire' and all over England to promote it with countless shows delivering an energetic set every time. With more and more fans coming along to show their interest, we all knew we wanted to go full steam ahead for the next E.P. with every aspect: Promotuion, PR, Recording, Design etc.
We were in talks with a few producers, constantly throwing emails back and forth. One producer in particular had heard of us before and that happily shocked us. This turned out to be Matt Hyde who was excited to give us a shot in the studio. Matt Hyde has previously worked with Machine Head, Funeral for a friend, Bullet for my valentine and countless other highly recognised bands
We all felt very blessed to have a top end profesional working with us.
We agreed to record in January 2014 to allow us time to knuckle down and write songs, which we then whittled down to four for the new E.P.
Months went past and soon enough we were driving to a London studio where Matt would be waiting. Personally I was very nervous as I get a bit nervous about anything i'm passionate about. Throughout the band, there was an excited atmosphere.
I had no idea what to expect or what Matt was like, even after watching youtube interviews.
We arrived at the studio and Matt greeted us as if we were friends. We also met Carl Johnson who was to later record all the guitar parts for us. The atmosphere in the small studio was very positive and we all felt very comfortable for him to produce our new E.P., which then lead to the recording process.
Steven our drummer blasted out the drum parts for the songs, receiving compliments on how his waveforms (recorded in pro tools) were very constisent. Matt seemed impressed with the core beat we presented to him, which was a sigh of relif that he liked what we were doing.