It sneaks up on you. You’re going about your business, living your life, slowly amassing a record collection. Then, one day, it hits you. You’re perusing vinyl sleeves, scanning through liner notes. “Huh, I didn’t realize Matt Sweeney played on this,” you say. Then you pull another record. Matt Sweeney played on that one, too. Then another. And another. Until you realize that guitarist Matt Sweeney has played on every single record you have ever owned.
“Well, at least I don’t have the Chavez albums,” you say. “They’ve been out of print in vinyl format since 2003,” as if to reassure yourself.
On January 20, things change. Matador reissues both Chavez LPs, 1995’s Gone Glimmering and 1996’s Ride the Fade, and they appear in your collection. They just show up there. You didn’t even buy them. You’re glad to have them, but you’re also scared. You clasp your hand over your mouth. You slowly back away, until you bump into something, feels like someone, behind. You turn around and it’s Matt Sweeney.
“Hey,” Matt says. “Thanks for your support.”
• Chavez: http://www.matadorrecords.com/chavez
• Matador: http://www.matadorrecords.com
[Photo: Jesse Peretz]
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