Mat Kearney Unveils "Ships In The Night" Video

Mat Kearney has just released the music video for his rap-acoustic rock style tune "Ships In The Night," the third single appears on his latest fourth studio album "Young Love," following "Hey Mama" and "Down." The 33-year-old Oregon-born, now Nashville-based musician's high profile in the secular world is buoyed by the inclusion of his songs in more than a dozen hit television shows. The new shoot spanned 2,445 miles over 165 locations.
Kearney explained the meaning of this relationship-difficulty song: "I wrote that about those people that are closest to you but you still feel so far away from sometimes. It's my cry to want to connect with someone that's close to you but emotionally very far away. I'm writing out of my own experience with that." The phrase "like ships that pass in the night" is generally used for people who meet once or twice by chance for a short time but then do not see each other again.
Kearney is a crossover human. He's had one foot in pop music, and another in hip-hop. His most recent album, "Young Love," sees him incorporating more of a hip-hop/spoken word element than ever before. And so far, it's been his biggest critical hit. When talking about the album, Kearney said, "I approached 'Young Love' like a singer-songwriter would approach a hip-hop record. We would start with beats or grooves that your body already responds to. It was a fun and fulfilling experiment."
You know how it is when a good friend falls in love and suddenly it's all they can talk about, obsessing about the new relationship in a gooey way that makes you want to hurl? This isn't like that. It's true that since the release of 2009's "City of Black & White," Kearney fell in love and got married, but this album manages to be hopeful, upbeat and fun without the cavity-inducing sweetness. The album is heavy on handclaps and lo-fi touches that lend a charming quality.

Mat Kearney Picks Up Tempo With "Hey Mama"

Nashville pop voice Mat Kearney has recently released a new video for his punchy bright new song "Hey Mama." The toe-tapping, super-infectious tune is the lead single from Kearney's upcoming fourth studio album, "Young Love," is due for release on August 2. Audiences are probably already familiar with Kearney's infectious tunes as he's had several hit songs from past releases and featured in many TV shows.
Kearney, now 32, is a talented songwriter, a legitimate artist. "Hey Mama" is a catchy, well-crafted, fun, and clap-inducing tune perfect for summertime drives, so it's no surprise that it's already taking off on commercial radio. The track is about his wife, and the fact that she played hard to get for a while. Luckily, she gave in, like a doe tiring after being chased by a cheetah, he got the girl, and he got an incredible song! Kearney described it as being a "return to innocence." "Blinking Lights and Intimate Things" was considered as an alternate album title.
The Oregon born and Tennessee based musician says about the album and it's first single: "It's been an amazing year for me personally, spiritually, and creatively. I finished my new record, 'Young Love,' signed with a new record label...,oh, and met and married the woman of my dreams. We exchanged vows under a canopy of southern weeping willows on blazing June evening. It was amazing. I wrote 'Hey Mama' about that first day we met between the shoe table and the dress rack. The chorus popped into my head driving home one night. I recorded some hand claps & a big bass drum and wrote the rest dancing around my living room that night. I hope you feel some of the butterflies."
The music video for "Hey Mama" was filmed in black and white, and shot on 16mm fill and that obviously makes it that much cooler. It features a whole bunch of dancing, fire eating, couples flirting and a whole bunch of clapping. The images coupled with the upbeat and dance-tastic tune make for a feel good video that will get anyone's toes tapping. The clip shows New Orleans in such a beautiful way. So I hope you enjoy that.

Mat Kearney Shares His New "All I Have" Video

I received Local pop success Mat Kearney's tweet three days ago from TwitVid and said "I just got the new video we shot in Nashville for 'All I Have.' I wanted you to see it first." The new song "All I Have" is the second expected single off the Eugene, Oregon singer songwriter's most recent third studio album "City of Black & White," out now through Aware/Columbia Records. And the Jay Martin directed new video was shot at his home in Nashville.
The album version "All I Have" is full of energy and to scale it back here I'm sure was a dedicated effort, not laziness. While a good amount of Kearney's songs at first appear cut from the same cloth as those of fellow acoustic crooner John Mayer, there's plenty to differentiate him. The hip-hop stylings of "Undeniable" and "Girl America," as well as "All I Need" - a song detailing eyewitness accounts of Hurricane Katrina - point to the fact that Kearney isn't just a dude singing about his hurt feelings on TV. He's had songs appear on a lot of my favorite series, such as "Grey's Anatomy," "One Tree Hill" and "Friday Night Lights."
Critically has acclaimed and widespread recognition for Kearney's new album, "City of Black & White," following the success of his major label debut, "Nothing Left To Lose," Kearney has returned with an evolved sound and a world of new experiences. After spending five years traveling the country establishing himself as a new artist, Kearney dug his roots into his new hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, from his native Eugene, Oregon, allowing the songs on "City of Black & White" to evolve from various places and sources. His music has an acoustic base fused with hip hop, and opened up the writing process to friends and to the community of musicians in Nashville, and crafted songs such as "Fire and Rain," "Here We Go," and the album's lead single, "Closer To Love."