Today, Matt and Kim release “Let’s Go”, the first track off Lightning,
their upcoming album out this fall on FADER Label. Recorded and self-produced
in Brooklyn, “Let’s Go” is the band’s first original music to be issued in 2012. Following
the track’s release, the band will play select summer events across the US,
including the Catalpa Festival on July 29th at Randall’s Island
in NY.
Matt and Kim were last seen closing out 2011 at New York
City’s Hammerstein Ballroom on New Year’s Eve. The show was the grand finale to
a wildly successful 16 months, during which the band toured the world and
released their third full-length, Sidewalks. The album soared
immediately to #1 on the iTunes Alternative Chart and to #3 on the Top 200
Chart. Sidewalks received accolades from SPIN,
Entertainment Weekly, andBillboard as Matt and Kim garnered
appearances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon andLast Call
with Carson Daly.
In January of 2012, Matt and Kim disappeared into their home
studio where they’ve been hard at work capturing the music for Lightning and
building a new stage show.
“We spent the winter here in NY locked in our place on Grand
Street,” said Matt Johnson of Matt and Kim. “When not watching Game of Thrones
or Downton Abbey, we were self-producing and recording our new album Lightning.
We are SO proud of each and every one of these songs that we are going to roll
out a few of them over the course of the summer. So here it is, the first song
from Lightning, titled “Let’s Go”. Just for us, put this on
your iPod, get in the car, roll your windows down, and turn your stereo up!”
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