Matthew Good - Zero Hour

Growing up, and into my late 20's, I was a big Matthew Good (Band) fan.

I attended all of his shows, traveled within a couple of hours to see him in other locations, and bought every album that came out.

When I learned about IRC and found mIRC I immediately found my people in the Matthew Good channel and subsequently had access to previously unreleased materials, historical demos, and some obscure subculture items.

I wasn't a super-fan by the definition of many of the people in that IRC channel, but I was a fan. I bought his book and printed my own personal copy of his online manifestos (which, now that I remember, I lent to an old friend and need to get it back).

But, as with time, tastes change and I moved on from Good and his works. Most days, I don’t think of Matthew Good or his band. But, from time to time I’ll queue-up one of the albums I grew up on and reminisce. And, if I’m in the mood, I’ll check out something new from Good. Most of the time the new stuff doesn’t stick— but today, Zero Hour struck a chord.

Perhaps it’s the collaboration with Saukrates that caught my attention, or the EP length album that has hints of Good’s musical roots threaded throughout. Whatever it was, I’ve had this album on repeat all day and am considering checking out one of his Live shows next month.