Matt Handley

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"Won't Get Over You" is the debut solo album for Melbourne based singer/songwriter Matt Handley. Matt's previous five albums of material fronting the band Pollyanna charted his ascendancy as an accomplished songwriter -the impressive guitar driven debut "Longplayer " earned two aria nominations, dominated alternative radio and established the band firmly in the Australian music scene for over 8 years. Backed up with hundreds of live shows, songs such as 'Brittle then Broken', 'Hermit Inertia' and "Effervescence" were testament to the strength of his writing across all of Pollyanna's recordings. Arguably the bands finest moment came in their final album, the brooding "Didn't feel a thing" recorded with noted US producer Brian Paulson (Wilco, Golden Smog, The Jayhawks) which, with songs such as "Particular People" ,"Firesale"and "Rebound Girl", hinted that Matt still had a lot left in the tank. "Won't Get Over You" started as a collection of skeletal bedroom recordings that were revisited over scattered sessions in Sydney and Melbourne studios, however the intimacy of the original versions remains intact . A solo record in the truest sense, Matt played all the instrumentation and produced each of the eleven tracks. A brushed snare, lightly strummed acoustic guitars, and reverb soaked vibrato share the record with claustrophobic lo fi drums, bitter electric guitars, driven keys and fatigued vocal chords. The restrained arrangements heighten the emotive impact of the lyrics and