1. Background

2. Critical reception

3. Track listing

4. Personnel

5. Charts
    Weekly charts  Year-end charts 

6. See also

7. References

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Background

Corby spent the past few years in home studios all over the world, In order to do that and get closer to the sounds he was hearing in his head, the 25-year-old isolated himself for six months in Tweed River, receiving visitors only every few weeks or so; a period he said "was kinda fun; challenging at times."

The bulk of that time saw the guitarist and pianist picking up new instruments and learning from scratch.

"I bought a drumkit and borrowed peoples' basses ... I just wanted to get to a point where I could groove with myself on each instrument. I didn't really use any electronic elements; I wanted to be able to just get my playing to the level where it did sound like a real drummer playing in a session, doing interesting things..."

For his next, slightly-less-remote creative stop: Matt rented a house in the NSW town of Berry, recording material with producer Dann Hume and Henrickson while continuing to work solo style.

On 1 October 2015, Corby released his first song in two years, "Monday", from his debut album, Telluric.

The song was described as containing "lush, transcendent harmonies, wailing falsetto, folky boom-claps, and heartbreaking lyrics". The song reportedly took 10 minutes to record, and was laid down in a cottage in the NSW coastal town of Berry where he wrote and recorded most of the album.

Corby said to Matt and Alex of Triple J: "It's stomping on the ground and clapping. It feels good to have that as a composition in a weird way, it's just your voice and everyone who would maybe want to do a cover of that if they so wish it'll always sound different because they'll have to harmonise with their own [voice]."

A lot of what ended up on Telluric - the gospel-tinged 'Monday', oozing '70s jams 'Sooth Lady Wine' and 'Knife Edge' - is the sound of Corby alone in Berry but spliced and merged with touches of his backing band from sessions recorded at Melbourne's Sing Sing Studios.

"It might be the verse of one song will be entirely me - just bass, drums, guitar, maybe piano - and then the whole band breaks out in the chorus as a unified thing."^[2]

He originally wrote his debut album two years ago in Los Angeles, but disliked the results and scrapped it. His aim was to become self-sufficient in every aspect of the recording process and salvage his confidence, which had reached rock bottom. He wanted to know he was good enough to make his debut record. Corby explained; "I recorded an album two years ago that I didn't like. For a lot of reasons I wouldn't release it. It took me a year and a half to clear my head of everything that happened, accept my failures, reboot and have the balls to do it again."^[3]

Corby added, "The idea that through nature and human activity we are all connected. It's the concept that runs through the record."^[4]

The album was announced in October 2015, at the same time he released the first single, "Monday".^[5] "Sooth Lady Wine" was released as an 'instant grat' track in December 2015. "Knife Edge" was released as a promo single in February 2016.

American artist Gary Burden, who has worked with artists such as The Doors, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell, created the Album Cover, saying; "This cover art conveys a person experiencing, literally diving into, a theory of the telluric world. A force that, in theory, we are all effected by, all day, every day. The realistic feet are literally being drawn into the world of this seventeenth century painting and wading across the mythic fields of Earthbound cosmic energy connected directly to the mythic deep Universe".

Matt spoke about Gary saying; "My management sent Gary Burden an interview of mine. We ended up having this conversation on the phone. He is a legend. We had a huge conversation about the state of the world and creativity. He's on such a similar level to me in so many ways. When he asked what to make for this album, he said do you have any direction for the artwork, I just said 'telluric', I know you'll be inspired. He said that he had a transcending experience when listening to Monday."

Critical reception

Will Carroll, writing for Radsound, described Corby as a "unique and talented presence in modern music" and described the album as "an impressive debut" that is "warm, lush and so very listenable". In particular, he praised Corby's psycho-geographical approach to music.^[7]

Saby Reyes-Kulkarni from Paste Magazine gave the album an 8.9 rating and said: "Corby, Hume and the band (whose contributions here cannot be overstated) have come up with a fresh, resplendent take on soul music. Spiked with muted touches of rock and other intangibles, Telluric establishes Corby as far more than a genre stylist and even stamps him as a visionary to watch right out of the gate."^[8]

Gareth Hipwell from Rolling Stone Australia gave the album 3 stars and describes the album as "a fraught exercise in self-realisation" and "a cohesive effort."^[9]

Entertainment Weekly in its February 12 issue described the song "Sooth Lady Wine" as "Groovy '70s choogle from Down Under, served with an extra side of Steely Dan."

John Bell of The Line of Best Fit gave the album a rating of 8.5 and wrote, "His perfectionism has done him proud, as Telluric is a masterful glimpse into the mind of a man who has much to say, and who says it beautifully."^[10]

Track listing

• Matt Corby
• Dann Hume}}

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• Hume}}

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• Corby
• Hume
• John "Alex" Henriksson}}

• Corby
• Hume}}

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• Hume}}

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• Hume
• Henriksson}}

• Corby
• Dominic "Mocky" Salole}}

• Corby
• Hume
• Henriksson}}

• Corby
• Salole}}

Personnel

• Matt Corby – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, recorder, percussion, production
• Jack Standen – keyboards, organ, clavinet
• Joel Dowling – guitar
• Michael Haydon – drums and percussion

Additional and technical personnel

• Dann Hume – producer, engineer
• Matthew Neighbour – engineer
• Eduardo De La Paz – mixing
• Stuart Hawkes – mastering {{small|at Metropolis Marstering, London}}

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

See also

• List of number-one albums of 2016 (Australia)

References

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