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Artist
Matthew Jay
12+ albums
singer-songwriteracousticindiepopbritish
about
At the time of his passing in September 2003, aged just 24, British singer-songwriter Matthew Jay seemed to be poised on the brink of real stardom. His debut album, 'Draw,' had been released in 2001 to critical and popular acclaim, and his fan base was building rapidly across the globe as more people discovered his music through his international tours, airplay, and his songs featuring in the background music of hit TV shows, especially in Canada and the USA. The middle child of two semi-professional folk singers, in Plymouth on October 10th 1978, Jay was born into a highly musical family. His parents, Tony and Hilary, performed regularly in a folk band, and when Matthew was only eight years old, he joined the line-up, playing bass, along with his two brothers, Eddy and Pete. He started writing his own songs as a teenager, and at the end of his final year in high school in 2000, he decided to give his music just one shot before leaving for university to study a nice 'sensible' subject: (optometry). Happily for Jay, after bombarding record labels with his demo throughout the summer, he was signed to EMI. At that point, somewhat unusually, he hadn't even played one solo gig. While at EMI, Jay released two EPs: 'Four Songs' and 'Friendly Fire,' followed by the critically-acclaimed album 'Draw,' and three singles: 'Let Your Shoulder Fall,' 'Please Don't Send Me Away,' and 'Call My Name Out.' He enjoyed moderate chart success with the singles, and on the strength of this toure
