Oliver

Matthew J. Tow has built a wildly successful career since he formed the psych-pop band Drop City in the early 1990s.  The band released five albums in a seven year span from 1993 to 2000.  Tow also formed the experimental project Colorsound in 1994- releasing four more albums in a ten year period.  Most of Tow’s acclaim has come in his home country of Australia, but after touring in the United States as the rhythm guitarist for The Brian Jonestown Massacre in 2003, he started to make a name for himself stateside.  His current band, The Lovetones, was born from the West Coast psychedelic rock sound and continues to be a successful touring and recording act in Australia.  Obviously Tow’s name has made it into quite a few album credits over the years, but his 2013 offering is the first to fall under the solo category.  Released by Xemu Records, The Way Of Things is an album that spans many genres in just under 50 minutes of run-time.  While the album transitions effortlessly from song to song making each track a memorable experience in their own right, the sum of its parts is where the real beauty is. (more…)