{"id":83314,"date":"2023-06-25T23:53:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T23:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gadhouse.com\/?p=73499"},"modified":"2024-12-13T16:36:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T16:36:28","slug":"whynyl-ep-5-matt-maltese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gadhouse.com\/th\/blog\/whynyl-ep-5-matt-maltese\/","title":{"rendered":"WHYNYL? EP.5: Matt Maltese \u2013 \u0e41\u0e2d\u0e1b\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e34\u0e25 \u0e1c\u0e35\u0e43\u0e19\u0e2d\u0e14\u0e35\u0e15 \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e22\u0e34\u0e49\u0e21\u0e1a\u0e19\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e49\u0e32\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e35\u0e28\u0e32\u0e08"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Click here<\/a> to read the Thai version of this article.<\/p>

After having taken up the clock app by a storm during the pandemic with the apocalyptic anthem As the World Caves In<\/em>, Matt Maltese<\/strong> caught himself in a new found position in his career. He has since been releasing new projects, co-writing music with rising indie artists, and touring the world nonstop.<\/p>

The prince of soft rock (as we like to call him at Gadhouse) recently released his latest project, 4th studio album Driving Just To Drive<\/em><\/a>, and has also just finished his first ever Asia & Australia tour, with his May 26th show being his second time performing in Thailand. Only less than a year apart since his appearance at the Maho Rasop Festival<\/a> back in November 2022!<\/p>

This time around, we had the pleasure of peeking into the backstage of his Bangkok show where we talked about his inspiration for his latest album, his songwriting process and, of course, his love for fruits. Now let\u2019s get to know more about Matt Maltese just to get to know more about Matt Maltese!\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Welcome to the Gadhouse, baby!\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We entered the doors of the artist\u2019s room at the back of Union Hall to the sight of Matt Maltese holding a cup of tea in his hand (you can\u2019t take the British out of the Brit, innit?).<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s something different about his second visit to Bangkok. One thing for sure is the variety of fruits that he has tried. \u201cWe were here for only 36 hours, so I\u2019m hoping to try more fruit since I\u2019m being here a bit longer\u201d, Matthew had told us prior, and tried more fruit he did. He went back for a second coconut smoothie and tried his first dragon fruit and papaya. \u201cIt\u2019s like tast ing coconut for the first time!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We then proceeded to exchange some thank you gifts. We presented Matt with a <\/span>Brad Junior in Ivory<\/span><\/a>, a music box in the shape of a mini turntable that plays <\/span>The Beatles\u2019 Hey Jude<\/span><\/i>. Matt revealed that he is a vinyl lover. He\u2019s also no stranger to having his music pressed onto plastic discs with the latest <\/span>Driving Just To Drive<\/span><\/i> vinyls being sold out upon his third show of his Asia & Australia tour. When asked if he\u2019s going to release more stuff on vinyl (different variants, unreleased songs, etc.), he said that he\u2019s always open.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cEvery tour that comes around I do think that it\u2019s nice to do something new. So maybe next year would be cool!\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Touring Just to Tour<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u201cIt was very overwhelming in a good way\u201d, Matt looked back at his spot at Maho Rasop Festival which marked his first ever trip to Asia. He reminisced the surprises that came with playing the show, strolling through the festival crowd afterwards, being stopped by people who wanted to say hi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cObviously you know that there are people who listen to you online [here] but it\u2019s definitely almost unnerving to know that there are people across the world who know my songs\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Going about the setlist for his first tour this far from home, Matt describes the process as a \u201cbest of\u201d style. The setlist is a selection of songs from the beginning up until now representing a journey of his music career, including a lot of old songs that he doesn\u2019t necessarily play. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cSometimes I can\u2019t play everyone\u2019s favorites but I try!\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Check out the full setlist here<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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