MALVERN-BASED singer songwriter Matt Woosey will be bringing his nationwide tour to Dorchester on April 2.

Matt is set to release his eighth studio album Desiderata.

It’s a bold ethos, at a time when most artists are flogged for more-of-the-same by their record labels.

But from his arrival on the post-millennial British music scene to Desiderata, Matt Woosey has always been a man in motion. “You have to keep pushing forward,” he said.

“And if you’re not doing that, I think you’re doing it wrong.”

Desiderata is an album for modern times, by an award-winning singer-songwriter reaching unstoppable momentum. The title is borrowed from Max Ehrmann’s deathless 1927 prose-poem, but this Desiderata is unmistakably Matt’s own worldview: the sound of a man slipping between life stages and expressing that transition in song.

“The new album represents changes in my life,” he explains. “Y’know, getting married, having a baby, turning thirty. I guess the music is a musical interpretation of those things. To me, it doesn’t really sound like anyone else.”

Desiderata is Matt’s greatest creative stretch to date.

Recorded between tour dates at five separate UK studios, it sees his songs nudged into uncharted waters by an all-star cast of musicians.

As both man and musician, Desiderata finds Matt Woosey stood at the crossroads, ready to set off down another new path.

He said: “When people come up after a gig and ask which CD to buy, I’ll always recommend the newest one.

“I have a real fear of repeating myself. My music has to be creative and artistic. It has to keep pushing things forward. I just want people to come with me on my journey, whatever changes I make. And this album is a bit special to me…”

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