We’ve followed Matt’s story since 2016 through the Colour of Noise and then into his solo work. ‘Black Diamonds’ was a song we got out early and ‘Old Enough And Ugly Enough’ was shortlisted as single of the year a few years ago. Here, Matt joins us for our Music in Numbers interview series and provides a great insight from the viewpoint of a working musician – the quest for the love of writing and playing, whilst enjoying the numbers but trying not letting them take over.

NEW HORIZONS 2026: THE WORLD CUP, CARD GAMES AND JOLLY JASPER: NEW ALBUM NEWS FROM VIOLET BLEND
Audio feature interview #1,712 in an ongoing series. Every year since 2015, I’ve run a ‘New Horizons’ series to allow us to check-in with rising bands and hear



