If you liked them as Matt Paxton & The Pintos (and we did) then you are going to like the now snappier and more collegiately titled The Pintos. Matt Paxton is still there, singing, playing guitar and writing songs, but the Hamilton, Ontario alt-country band has recognised the distinctive musical chemistry of bassist Carrie Clark, pedal steel guitarist Chris Altmann and drummer Robin Pirson and taken the bold step of declaring that it is this four that make the band. Studio Rain is the first fruits of their latest recording and precedes the full album, as yet untitled, that will be arriving later in the year. It’s a brooding song of life played out in the confines of the studio, as an escape from reality, perhaps, or as a defence against a painful emotional reality that lurks in the realms of light and shadow, far from the steady light of fluorescent tubes. It features Chris Altmann on both banjo and electric guitar – talented guy.
Matt Paxton says of the new single: “This is the first song we’ve put out since rebranding the band The Pintos – afterr three years we have become close friends, a family, and one as a band. ‘Studio Rain’ is about Hollywood co-stars and their on-and-off-air romances and relationship, and I think it’s gives a good overall impression of our new material. We’ve been listening to Buck Owens, Wilco, Neil Young and Blue Rodeo, to name a few.”
