MATT HANNAH
EPK
Matt Hannah is a Minneapolis-based folk Americana singer-songwriter. His sophomore album Dreamland (2017) was noted by the Star Tribune and City Pages and called “inspired” by BABYSUE. His third full-length studio album House of Illusion (March 2022) charted on NACC 200 and was lauded as a “standout album” by WVIA Host George Graham. His music faithfully blends his love of Americana songwriters with a passion for the riff-based intensity of 90s rock.
Press for House of Illusion:
"...well-written with far more originality than many contemporary singer-songwriters working the fences today"
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"a textbook example of a tasteful rootsy singer-songwriter record"
George Graham,WVIA on-air feature
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"Hannah’s weary, characterful voice, [is] perfect for telling stories and secrets." AmericanaUK
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Press for Dreamland:
“Matt Hannah stitches together an Americana fantasy on Dreamland” City Pages feature
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“The record shows traces of classic Son Volt and Ray Wylie Hubbard with a warm, troubles-to-the-wind writing style.” Star Tribune
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Top 88 Record 2017 - KVSC 88.1 FM ​
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Best of 2017 Minnesota Album - Reviler
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Matt Hannah’s third LP House of Illusion (March 8, 2022) examines the desire to carve out a space of illusion—a place of magic and art—protected from the world outside. A fan of film director Ingmar Bergman, Hannah has always felt drawn to the idea of drawing a “magical circle” around yourself to keep reality out and enchantments in.
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A natural follow-up to Dreamland (2017), an “Americana fantasy” exploring how “dreams hold no allegiance to reality” (City Pages feature), House of Illusion explores the intimate spaces where that magical circle can endure—from a childhood bedroom, to a vintage guitar shop, to the last surviving flophouse on New York City’s Bowery.