Scott Matthews - Passing Stranger

There is a surreal, dreamlike quality to the album, partly due to Matthews' voice (which is often double tracked), and partly due to the music that slides in and out of the mix, with little snippets of jams, songs and strange instruments thrown in between songs (think The Hour of the Bewilderbeast but less pop)

The opening lines of Elusive have a resemblance to Jeff Buckley's work on Sketches for my Sweetheart the Drunk. However, Matthews has a lot more dirt in his voice than Buckley he's an earthlier, calmer singer. Sometimes he even manages to evoke a Moby Grapelike sound, or the music Eddie Vedder did for the Dead Man Walking soundtrack. The acoustic rhythm tracks Matthews lays down think Eric Clapton Unplugged provide a fine backdrop to his singing.