Indie electronic duo Matt and Kim will perform live on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 on the Backyard Stage of the St. Augustine Amphitheatre with genre-bending Sub Pop artist Yuno.
Matt and Kim, the duo known for beat-driven anthems and explosive live shows, are back with their sixth studio album Almost Everyday, out now on FADER Label.
Work on the new music began soon after Kim suffered a torn ACL while performing on stage at Mexico’s Vaiven Festival in 2017. The year-long break from touring allowed Matt and Kim the time to focus on songwriting and complete this album, which is one of the band’s most personal releases to date.
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“2017 was not a great year for us,” Matt of Matt and Kim said. “Kim got real depressed during her recovery, and anyone who knows Kim (or has seen her play) knows she's an upbeat person, so it was hard. Almost every day it seemed like there was another terrible headline. I feel since the beginning of music people have used writing songs as a form of therapy, but I’m not sure we ever really did, until 2017.”
Matt and Kim’s previous release was 2016’s We Were the Weirdos — a surprise four-track EP produced in its entirety during the week between the band’s two performances at Coachella and debuted on stage. Noisey called the EP, “the kind of record that wants you to run around Brooklyn and shower your friends in dollar bills, or better still, dance on a roof in the middle of the day.”
The Brooklyn duo are also viral video stars, with over 50 million YouTube views and counting. Their YouTube channel features everything from innovative music videos to a regular vlog, entitled “Matt and Kim Show Ya Stuff,” which offers fans a personal glimpse into their lives off the stage. Matt and Kim’s video for “Lessons Learned,” in which they strip naked in Times Square on a very cold February day, won an MTV Video Music Award for “Breakthrough Video.”
Tickets for Matt and Kim with guest Yuno live from the Backyard Stage at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre are currently on sale at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre and Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Box Offices. Tickets are also available at ticketmaster.com or by phone at (800) 745-3000. Visit www.staugamphitheatre.com for more information.
