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: JFK Blue discuss their new studio album
Audio feature interview 1,716 in an ongoing series. Every year for the last decade we’ve run a New Horizons showcase on rising bands, hearing from



