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Boston garage rock outfit Earth Heart announces their debut full-length album Homesick dropping August 5 and shares the first single, “Homesick,” off the record.
In 2013, Katie Cordiner happened to meet Matt Axten at All Asia Cafe in Cambridge, MA as she was looking for a drummer to accompany her solo show the very next day. Without hearing the music and no time for rehearsal, Matt volunteered to play the show and they never looked back. Katie and Matt continued as a duo and have been making music as Earth Heart ever since.
Along the way, the duo wrote and recorded five self-released EPs and performed extensively across the Boston area. Homesick is Earth Heart’s first professionally recorded album. Although they chose to record Homesick in a studio, Earth Heart definitely didn’t lose the brash, rough around the edges sound they’re known for. They also added Natan Keyes on bass this past January to help round out their sound.
To this day, Katie and Matt work in an organic, spontaneous manner. Describing their songwriting, Matt says, “We still work the way we did when we first met and played that first show – we just sit down and play, without saying anything, and good things spring up and take shape.” It’s this persistence and sense of organized chaos that makes Earth Heart who they are.