K Bay is Matthew E. White’s first album in six years, representing the astounding record he has always aspired to create. Recorded at and named after White’s home studio, Kensington Bay, located on Richmond’s Kensington Avenue, this studio provides a spiritually separate space for his personal music practice and artistic risk-taking, distinct from Spacebomb, the production house and label he established.
With K Bay, White boldly reclaims independence and identity, solidifying his position as one of the most imaginative and audacious songwriters, composers, and bandleaders of his time. These 11 pieces are retro-futurist magic tricks that manage to feel both timeless and contemporary, showcasing a musical mind that has absorbed the teachings of his influences to construct a brilliant world of his own.
Listeners will immediately recognize White’s signature style, as he softly sings of his expansive cosmography of love, wisdom, and botanical metaphors. However, they will be captivated by the intricate density and unyielding wonder of his ideas, from the infectious hooks of “Electric” and “Let’s Ball” to the fragmented symphonic beauty of “Fell Like An Ax.”
K Bay flows with the unrestrained freedom and energy of a debut album, while also emanating the sophistication and nuance of a seasoned artist who knows precisely what he wants to convey and how to achieve it.
