COMING MAY 2023 -- Midnight Dream Station
In preparation for the launch of Midnight Dream Station in May, 2023, select videos from the record will be made public prior to its full release. "An Apolitical Man", the first single and video, was premiered on Americana Highways on Tuesday, October 4th, 2022. The second video, "A Mourning Song" will drop in January 2023.
Who Is An Apolitical Man?
We live in partisan times -- red/blue; democrat/republican; conservative/progressive. But what of the "apolitical man", that denizen of late night radio who just wants to tune out the fray? To live beyond labels and the media's mind manipulation? A man who has had his fill of pointless and exhausting debates that resolve nothing? Who can understand this man? Perhaps, only SIRI!
PRAISE FOR "AN APOLITICAL MAN" VIDEO
"Really unique footage of Alexander playing in unusual places, lively keys and guitar...the song echoes shades of the Bangles in its degree of playfulness over a serious critique"
Melissa Clark, Americana Highways
“An Apolitical Man” debuted at #15 on the Music Meeting Directory Singles Chart for October 4, 2022
THE UPSIDE OF DOWN
Matthew Alexander was a featured guest at the Resiliency 2022 Conference that was live streamed on 9/9/22 to over 10,000 attendees in 49 countries worldwide. The conference featured such luminaries as Jewel, Harville Hendrix and Andrew Weill. Matthew was delighted to premier his latest song, "The Upside of Down". This song will appear on his new record Midnight Dream Station along with a music video to be broadcast on You Tube.
THE UPSIDE OF DOWN
(Video and audio to be released in May, 2023 in conjunction with Midnight Dream Station release)
Word and Music by Matthew Alexander @2022
Feelings can whirl like a hurricane
But after the wind and after the rain
The clouds will clear and the sun will crown
There's an downside of up and an upside of down
The downside of up is you want it to last
Whatever you build can fall down fast
Better take care, better be tough
Buyer beware, the downside of up
The wisdom you share, the wounds you reveal
The anger you show, the joy that you feel
The king and the queen, the fool and the clown
There's a downside of up
And an upside of down
The upside of down is the grit that you get
From sailing through a sea of regret
Learn how to swim, learn not to drown
Learn to sail with the tides, the upside of down
The downside of up, the upside of down
Ferris wheel spinning around
Grow your dreams, root them in the ground
There's a downside to up and an upside of down
An upside of down, upside of down
Upside of down