'Carry You', released on Friday 16th September, is accompanied by a brand-new video of the band performing the track, with gusto, which premieres on release date.
‘Carry You’ is a rock song which Krissy wrote with his bass player, Josh Rigal, and it’s a song that holds particular personal significance and resonance for him.
We were in the rehearsal room in 2020, practicing some new songs to record my latest Ruf Records release ‘Pizza Man Blues’, and the bass player Josh Rigal played this chorus idea. I loved it and he explained to me it was about a friend of his who was terminally ill. At the time, my best friend’s mother — whom I called my second mother — was terminally ill with motor neurone disease, so I could relate to this. The lyrics in ‘Carry You’ say “If you can’t walk, and if you can’t talk” — this hit me right away: My second mother literally could not do that anymore, and she has since passed away. So, we took the song, worked on it and recorded it. Over the last bunch of shows, it has been getting the best response with many people singing along at the end of it. So, I decided to get the guys together, make a music video for it and hopefully give the song the attention that it deserves. And I would like the chance for more people to hear it. Maybe they have a loved one who is terminally ill and can relate.
Krissy signed to legendary German label Ruf Records last year and released his last album ‘Pizza Man Blues’, written during lockdown. The songs he laid down at Buckingham’s Echo Studios last September are inspired directly from the younger musician’s life and blur genres from rock, soul and blues to country, folk and indie.
If you’ve a hankering for fresh new blues-rock talent, with skills and a unique style, check out Krissy Matthews’ latest, feeling-filled single ‘Carry You’ and its vibrant parent album ‘Pizza Man Blues’.