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MLV Does what he wants

Matthew Logan Vasquez plays outlaw psychedelic rock. He mashes up dirty guitar playing with the expressive vocals. He released the EP Texas Murder Ballads earlier this year to  only a few spins on the radio and barely any press reviews. MLV doesn't care I am sure. He is that kind of guy.  He has takes no prisorers attitude and after following him on Instagram his casual lack of concern is evident. He once got an infection and literally toad a picture of him with his adss hangin out o this hospital gown. A true pistol. He takes his guitar to raunchy heights and sings in emotive, expressive heights. He mixes his passion with his poetry and emulates his influences Neil Young, Kurt Cobain, Lou Reed while maintinginr his own style.   former member of the California band, Delta Spirit, and a current member of the Indie super group, Middle Brother, MLV released his first solo album in 2016 and followed it up with "Matthew Logan Vasquez Does What He Wants".  And he sure does.The song "Same" is a rowdy rocker he teamed up with the Sufferers front woman, Kam Franklin to make the tune and the two worked together on one of the most hilarious music videos of 2017. He takes his guitar to raunchy heights and sings in emotive, expressive heights. He mixes his passion with his poetry and emulates his influences Neil Young, Kurt Cobain, Lou Reed while maintinginr his own style. 

"Siera Blanca"was the first and from what i gather only single released off the 5 song EP. It grabs your attention with the steady racing guitar. "You always had such tenderness / Even Saints Need their rest. / They got you fingered / So lay low"  MLV is a raconteur. His songs are descriptive stories. This song is about someone trying to escape to Sierra Blanca. "They will never find you down at the barrio" He writes about  about the crooked cops at the border check. Well isn't that a timely subject. "You always such tenderness / until they took your innocence/" 

"Little Tiger" talks about the shattered state of the Nation and how he's had enough. Smokey guitar ala a toned down Jimi. The driving beats come on to hold their own against the steady drum beat.  "A conversation with a lizard at the station / about the shattered state of the nation / She just left me on probation" A wicked poem on it's own. Very Dylanesque in my opion. 

His voice gets ferocious and defiant in "Ladonna" "How many shots til the bottom of the bottle/ How many cards are missing from the deck?"  The house he is singing about is haunted. He rolls out the guitar sounds like a character in the tale. It's a haunting tale that MLV pulls off with near close to perfect precision. 

He is a story teller at heart and his original lyrics leave you wanting more. His playful attitude bleeds into song writing and playing vibe. He isa  dynamic, unabashedly humorous dude And if you follow his adventures on Instagram you get to see his ridiculously adorable son, Thor and possibly another ass shot. I Wish more artists came forward with such confidence in their humorous insouciance.  

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